The Financial Consequences of Divorce and Domestic Abuse on Children
When we think about Divorce and/or particularly Domestic Abuse we tend to immediately hyper focus on the hardship endured by the adult…
Shelter Insights on Economic Abuse: Part 3: The Importance of Stable and Affordable Housing
As a former shelter worker, I can attest to asking women when they call in crisis whether they are safe in the moment they call, and if they are not they can come into shelter…
Shelter Insights on Economic Abuse Part 2: Food Banks & Housing
Income and food banks are some of the things that women struggle with when they are placed in a situation that does not allow them to purchase food often then turning to food banks…
Shelter Insights on Economic Abuse
Women and children in abusive relationships are at greater risk when the relationship breaks down and the only way they can be safe from domestic violence…
BE IT RESOLVED that it is time for the Canadian Government to Act on Economic Abuse
As December descends upon unceded territory in Canada, we would like to thank everyone for taking action and helping in advocating for systematic change…
The Mental Health Cost of Financial Abuse
While many people recognize that Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a scourge on Canadian society, very few people have heard of economic abuse…
Indigenous Women Disproportionately Experience Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence (DV) can include many forms of abuse, including physical, sexual, verbal,emotional, financial, and neglect…
Systemic barriers for racialized survivors of DV
The intersectionality of race and gender becomes very apparent when women of colour need to leave abusive relationships…
Economic Abuse and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
The United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence began in 1991, and occurs annually beginning on November 25 th on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women…