Leaving an Abuser while Pregnant and the Financial Impacts
By Hanna Embry The financial impact, and overall impact of leaving your abuser can be incredibly overwhelming. Especially when you’re pregnant, or have a newborn. Financial abuse, or economic abuse is when one partner, typically in an intimate partner, has control and power over the relationship’s finances. When the abuser takes away the partner’s means […]
How I Escaped My Husband After 30 Years
By Survivor Vimmi **The following is written by a survivor of domestic violence and abuse. Names have been changed to protect all involved, including my husband.** Details of the Day it Began It was May 31st, 2000, a beautiful summer day in Canada, when I walked into a hair salon for a haircut and color. […]
What I Learned (and Had to Unlearn) from Witnessing Financial Abuse
Even the women in his family didn’t think women should be treated equally. When I later married, they mocked my wife for not taking my last name. This didn’t come from the men in the family. It came from the women. The patriarchal family structure was comforting to all of them, as a protection from a scary world. Even if that structure suppressed them, it provided a feeling of safety.
Conned by My Husband: A Tale of the Long-term Effects of Financial Abuse on Credit Reports
The more child support delinquency and other forms of financial abuse are shed light upon regarding domestic violence, the greater the fight can become against it.
Financial Abuse: A Different Kind of Back-to-School Season
Many women aren’t even aware that they can be victims of abuse without a punch, slap, or kick. That is why we need to come armed with knowledge.
Child Support Delinquency: How Financial Abuse Can Continue After the Relationship Ends
She finally had the courage and safety plan in place to leave. It took all she could to muster up both the bravery and funds to take the children and go. She didn’t have much. For so long, she was a stay-at-home mom barely making ends meet because he kept a tight rein on the […]
