26th November 2022 marks International Economic Abuse Awareness Day (IEAAD). International Economic Abuse Awareness Day began in Canada in 2019 when the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment CCFWE) called for greater recognition of the issue. Alongside Australia (Centre for Women’s Economic Safety – CWES) and New Zealand (Good Shepherd), SEA joined the campaign to raise awareness, learn from each other and explore how we can transform responses to Economic Abuse worldwide.

International Response to Economic Abuse: To mark the day the alliance released “Making a Difference: International Responses to Economic Abuse.” The report provides insights into developments across six countries since the beginning of 2021 to support change-makers and leaders in their efforts to tackle Economic Abuse.

According to one study cited in SEA’s recently released research project, 1.4 billion women live in countries that do not recognize economic abuse. It has never been more important for governments and their leaders to embed an understanding of economic abuse into strategies, laws, and initiatives that respond to domestic abuse ( SEA 2022 ).

Download ‘Making a Difference: International Responses to economic abuse’ Download here