![]() ![]() Abusers may withhold child support payments to “punish” women for leaving and moving on with their lives. Abusers may take control of family finances, steal money from their partners, and withhold vital necessities in the hopes that women are left dependent and disempowered.Īfter a woman leaves a violent relationship, survivors may be subject to post-separation abuse that can include economic and financial abuse. Abusers may destroy a woman’s home, vehicle, or possessions, forcing her to constantly pay costs for renovations and repairs, as well as replacing important items like cell phones and laptops. An abusive partner might discourage and interfere with women’s attempts to pursue educational opportunities, making it difficult to pursue their employment and career goals over time. ![]() Ultimately, economic or financial abuse is used to secure total financial control over women as a means of preventing them from fleeing to safety.Ībusers may prevent their partner from earning their own income through employment or may take their partner’s earnings from them in order to have control over their finances. Economic abuse is as common in abusive relationships as physical, sexual, and emotional abuse”.Įconomic abuse is often reinforced by the threat and use of physical and sexual violence.Įconomic abuse takes many different forms and is carried out with a variety of different strategies. The Province of BC also follows the lead of 27 Canadian cities who have formally recognized November 26 th as Economic Abuse Awareness Day, including the BC communities of Comox, Courtenay, Cumberland, Squamish, Surrey, Vancouver, and Victoria.Įconomic abuse is a form of coercive control that abusers often use in intimate relationships to prevent their partner from developing and maintaining financial independence.Įconomic abuse involves efforts to sabotage women’s livelihoods in an attempt to deny them their agency and autonomy, and especially to deny them of their ability to flee violent and abusive relationships.Īngela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of BWSS writes that “Economic abuse is defined as controlling a woman’s ability to acquire, use, and maintain economic resources. We see BC’s adoption of November 26 th as Domestic Economic Abuse Awareness Day as an opportunity to educate the public about the realities and dangers of economic abuse and intimate partner violence more broadly, to encourage policy change in favour of survivors of economic abuse, and to improve service delivery for survivors of economic and other forms of abuse.īC’s decision to dedicate November 26 th as Domestic Economic Abuse Awareness Day follows the lead of the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment, a national organization dedicated to “addressing Economic Abuse and injustice through advocacy, education, research, economic empowerment and policy change”, which observes November 26 th as a day to educate about and prevent economic and financial abuse as part of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The Province of British Columbia has proclaimed Saturday, November 26 th, 2022, as Domestic Economic Abuse Awareness Day.īWSS is pleased to hear that the BC government is observing Domestic Economic Abuse Awareness Day and we are hopeful that this announcement will bring more attention and visibility to the issue of economic and financial abuse against survivors of intimate partner violence. BWSS Briefing Note: Economic Abuse Awareness Day
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