The Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE) is Canada’s leading and pioneering organization dedicated to advancing economic safety, financial inclusion, and justice for survivors affected by economic abuse, coerced debt, fraud, and financial exploitation in Canada and beyond.
As a co-founding member of the International Coalition to End Economic Abuse, CCFWE works across Federal government, public, private industry, and community systems to shape the national infrastructure needed to recognize, prevent, and respond to all forms of economic harm and abuse.
A society where every person feels empowered to have lasting access to economic safety, security, and justice.
CCFWE drives systems and societal change for economic justice, financial security, and financial inclusion for all through research and knowledge mobilization, program delivery and capacity building, public education and community engagement, policy championing and law reform, and technology and innovation.
We partner with financial institutions, technology companies, fintech , telecommunications providers, energy companies, hotels, tourism leaders, and women services organizations to prevent and respond to economic abuse.
Our work helps partners remove systemic barriers, close policy and service gaps, and strengthen pathways to economic safety, financial security, and inclusion for women and marginalized survivors.
Through research, training, policy guidance, community engagement, we supports institutions to build safer, more inclusive systems that help survivors rebuild their lives and move toward long-term financial independence.
We work with frontline and equity-deserving partners to strengthen pathways to safety, confidence, and financial independence for survivors of family violence. Learn more about our financial inclusion and empowerment work.
CCFWE works with policymakers, financial institutions, private sector leaders, technology companies, and federally regulated sectors to strengthen economic security and financial inclusion. Our policy work helps identify gaps, inform national priorities, and support stronger systems that recognize and respond to economic justice. Read our policy submissions here.
CCFWE is a leading and trusted technology safety advisor in Canada, supporting corporate partners, financial institutions, innovators, and product developers advancing economic safety and financial inclusion. In collaboration with our National Survivor Council, we help strengthen safer tools, practices, and digital solutions that build trust, reduce risk, and improve access to financial products. CCFWE also developed STEAR, a digital solution designed to support women’s economic safety and recovery.
CCFWE advances economic security by conducting consultations and developing tools and models that address barriers across sectors, including wage gaps, employment rights, insurance, and workplace practices in the hotel and tourism sector. We support sectors to better understand employment barriers and strengthen pathways to financial safety, and long term stability.
Through the Canadian Institute for Research on Economic Justice, CCFWE advances evidence driven research to inform economic justice policy and systems change. Our work helps identify emerging issues, close knowledge gaps, and strengthen policy responses in Canada and beyond.
CCFWE advances public awareness on economic abuse, coerced debt, and financial exploitation through national and international campaigns, public education, and strategic partnerships. Working with community, policy, and global partners, we help strengthen recognition, prevention, and response to economic abuse across Canada and beyond. Learn more about the Help Us Rise campaign.
As a leading and pioneering national organization, CCFWE provides standard high level education on economic abuse for corporate, financial, legal, workplace, justice and community sectors. Grounded in consumer protection framework,research, lived experience, and Canadian expertise, our education helps organizations strengthen awareness, reduce risk, and build safer, more responsive systems.
CCFWE drafts and supports law reform and justice system change to improve recognition of economic abuse, coerced debt, and financial exploitation. We work to close legal and policy gaps that affect survivors’ safety, economic security, and access to justice.
CCFWE works with corporate, financial, legal, technology, workplace, and community partners to strengthen institutional responses to economic abuse. Our advisory and partnership work helps organizations identify gaps, reduce risk, and build safer, more inclusive systems.
CCFWE translates research, data, and lived experience into practical knowledge that informs policy, practice, and systems change. Through reports, tools, public education, and cross-sector engagement, we help move evidence into action and strengthen national responses to economic abuse.
Survivor Centered
Honour and Respect
Equity and Understanding
Understanding
Economic Justice
Transformation
Integrity and Accountability
Evidence and Learning
Collaboration and Teamwork
Innovation
