Economic abuse affects many women and gender-diverse individuals in Canada, with rates as high as 1 in 3 women experiencing it from intimate partners.
The Economic Abuse Project: Providing a model of improved support for survivors of domestic violence (EASE), is a collaboration between credit specialists, anti-violence organizations, and financial institutions to address the impacts of economic and financial abuse on survivors of domestic violence. It involves support for survivors to rebuild credit and develop financial literacy, brings professionals together to collaborate for financial system change and build the capacity of professionals to recognize and respond to economic abuse.
The project is an adaptation of the UK-developed Domestic Economic Abuse Project (DEAP). The project improved outcomes for victims/survivors of domestic and economic abuse, enhanced understanding of economic abuse and identified areas for system change among the financial sector and other community agencies.
Publications
Financial Safety Planning – Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Economic and Financial Abuse – Key Terms
This project has been funded through Women and Gender Equality Canada’s Women’s Program
Get Involved
For more information or to get involved, please contact:
Priya Shastri
Director of Programs
PShastri@womanact.ca
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