e-4660 (Social affairs and equality)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- Economic Abuse is a common yet overlooked form of domestic abuse, affecting more than 95% of women experiencing intimate partner violence;
- Economic Abuse severely undermines an individual’s financial autonomy, agency, and well-being;
- Economic Abuse disproportionately affects women, racialized, gender-diverse, and other vulnerable groups, but it can happen to any individual and context;
- Economic Abuse survivors grapple with intergenerational trauma and other long-term consequences that have profound impacts on their quality of life, financial stability, housing security, or career opportunities;
- Economic Abuse remains widely under-recognized and underreported, urging for national-level efforts and awareness to address the crisis; and
- Allocation of funding and the collection of disaggregated data are needed to address and respond to Economic Abuse.
- Open for signature
- October 31, 2023, at 3:07 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- January 29, 2024, at 3:07 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Anita Vandenbeld
(Ottawa West—Nepean)
March 21, 2024 (Petition No. 441-02254)