Explore a collection of printable and shareable infographics designed to raise awareness about gendered microaggressions in engineering workplaces. These resources are great for training, presentations, awareness raising through social media, or community conversations—helping to identify, challenge, and respond to everyday behaviours that contribute to inequitable and exclusionary cultures in STEM.
This set of infographics was developed in collaboration with the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies (ACEC)— Ontario Women’s Community of Practice (CoP), bringing together sector expertise to support greater awareness and action on gendered microaggressions in engineering. We encourage you to use and share them widely to increase knowledge, spark dialogue and support more inclusive environments.
Survivors use a range of strategies and supports to navigate and resist the impacts of financial abuse, working to regain safety, control, and financial independence.
These infographics are based on a WomanACT survey (103) and interviews (10) with women and gender-diverse people in Ontario with lived experience of intimate partner violence. They highlight the impacts and lived realities of financial abuse, as well as the barriers survivors face when seeking support. The insights also surface practical strategies and advice shared by participants for navigating and responding to financial abuse.
Learn more about the EASE – Economic Abuse Support & Empowerment Project
Disclaimer: If you are in immediate danger or fear for your safety, please call 911 or your local emergency services immediately. Your safety is the top priority.
Financial abuse is often unseen. However, survivors say that its impact on their lives can be extreme.
These infographics are based on a WomanACT survey (103) and interviews (10) with women and gender-diverse people in Ontario with lived experience of intimate partner violence. They highlight the impacts and lived realities of financial abuse, as well as the barriers survivors face when seeking support. The insights also surface practical strategies and advice shared by participants for navigating and responding to financial abuse.
Learn more about the EASE – Economic Abuse Support & Empowerment Project
Disclaimer: If you are in immediate danger or fear for your safety, please call 911 or your local emergency services immediately. Your safety is the top priority.
Survivors describe financial abuse as ongoing control over their finances, where access to money, decision-making, and independence are restricted.
These infographics are based on a WomanACT survey (103) and interviews (10) with women and gender-diverse people in Ontario with lived experience of intimate partner violence. They highlight the impacts and lived realities of financial abuse, as well as the barriers survivors face when seeking support. The insights also surface practical strategies and advice shared by participants for navigating and responding to financial abuse.
Learn more about the EASE – Economic Abuse Support & Empowerment Project
Disclaimer: If you are in immediate danger or fear for your safety, please call 911 or your local emergency services immediately. Your safety is the top priority.
It can be challenging to talk about Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) or family violence. Knowing how to respond or start a conversation can make a difference. WomanACT’s C.A.R.E © model provides practical steps to approach these conversations with compassion.
If you or someone you know is at risk, learn how to identify signs of abuse and reach out to local helplines for confidential help and resources. Together, we can support survivors this holiday season, and every day
For more information or to get involved, please contact: info@womanact.ca
Economic and financial abuse impacts every part of a survivor’s life, causing stress, anxiety, depression, and a loss of self-esteem. It often leads to poverty, housing instability, and limited career opportunities. The social impacts can include feeling isolated and becoming financially dependent on their partner/spouse. Legal and financial consequences include coerced debt and legal vulnerabilities.
This visual report outlines the social impacts of financial and economic abuse, and real-life examples of survivor experiences.
While research on financial abuse as a form of intimate partner violence remains limited, financial abuse is commonly used to exert power and control over women, often occurring alongside other types of abuse. This form of abuse is impactful because it strips individuals of financial freedom and independence, with lasting effects such as damaged credit and housing instability.
This visual report explores what constitutes financial and economic abuse, real-life examples, and practical steps to protect your financial well-being.
Understanding the legislative process is crucial to grasping how decisions are made, and laws are passed in our province. In Ontario, the journey of a bill from its initial proposal to becoming law involves several key stages and rigorous scrutiny. For Bill 173- The Intimate Partner Violence Act, 2024 to become law, it needs to pass through Ontario’s legislative process that includes the Legislative Assembly (Elected MPPs) and the Monarch (Head of State, represented by the Lieutenant Governor in Ontario).
WomanACT has developed this explainer on how a bill becomes law in the province of Ontario to help build community knowledge and understanding of the provincial legislative process.
We would like to acknowledge MPP Peggy Sattler’s office for their support in the creation of this resource.
Survivors shared their challenges navigating the legal system on their journey to safety and stability throughout the pandemic in research conducted by WomanACT and University of Guelph. The infographic looks at the supports requested by the survivors to help them navigate the legal system better.
Survivors shared their challenges navigating the legal system on their journey to safety and stability throughout the pandemic in research conducted by WomanACT and University of Guelph. The infographic looks at the number of legal factors survivors must account for.