Economic Abuse Survey

EWA wants to learn more about woman abuse so that we can find new 
ways to prevent woman abuse and children's exposure to violence and 
promote the well-being of women, children and men in our communities.

To do this, we would like to hear from you about 
your experiences with economic abuse in intimate relationships.

Economic abuse can include:

Controlling how she spends money, where she works and what property she buys
Spending all family income including her money or savings
Using credit cards without her permission; destroying her credit rating
Forcing her to turn over her benefit payments to the abuser.

Some other examples of financial abuse which has been brought to our 
attention recently include:

Undermining a woman's opportunities to become economically independent 
(e.g. phoning an potential employer and telling the employer that the woman 
does not have any work experience and that she lied on her resume, even if 
she did not)
Threatening to report that a woman is "cheating" on her benefits, even if 
she is not and having her cut off, so she is dependent on the abuser.
Refusing to pay a woman who has left an abusive partner spousal or child 
support
Not letting a woman have her own bank account.
Forcing a woman to work in a family business for little or no pay.
Changing a lease agreement so that it is only a woman's name on the and 
then not paying the rent so she becomes so becomes liable for it.
Calling and harassing a woman in her workplace to such an extent that she 
loses her job. 
Threatening to out her in her workplace.

If you or someone you know has been economically abused, please help us learn from you so we will be able to research and address the issue.

Send us your answers to the following questions.

1.How have you/they been abused (e.g. taking cheque, not letting her have any money of her own.)

2.How frequently have you/they been economically abused? Is/was this abuse 
accompanied by other forms of abuse? Which ones?

3.Were you/they aware that economic abuse was a form of woman abuse?

4.How have you/they coped with the abuse (e.g. friends and family members 
have helped?

5.Were you/they believed when they told others about the economic abuse?

6.Did you/they leave the abuse? What helped you/they to identify and plan to 
leave the abuse.