Canadian Center For Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)

Today marks Economic Abuse Awareness Day, “Counting the Cost”! Take a moment to watch a powerful message of support and call to action from the Honourable Hon. @MarciIen, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth. Let's unite to address Economic Abuse and support the implementation of the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence in Canada. Join us to spread the message far and wide. Watch the video and Take Action by signing the CCFWE pledge to fight #EconomicAbuse: ow.ly/vmJf50QbgEp #countingthecost #EADD2023 @YWCA_Canada @METRACorg @AWHL @WomanACT @ShelterMovers @endvawnetwork @EndingViolence @OCASIGBV @OaithDotCa @MHCC_ @CAN_Femicide @CanWaCH @EqualFuturesCA @bec_glenn @SEAresource @nicolajanesharp @EndViolenceBC @womenshelter @LNandKH @VAWGRN @prospercan @IntervalOttawa @GbvResource @OCTEVAW @NelsonOttawa @LukesPlace1 @VSToronto @BethesdaHouseON @prospercan @whiteribbon @OCRCC_ON @GooShepherdNZ @carecanada @CAWI_IVTF @StatusofWomenNT @Alberta_Women @StatusofWomenNS

Your bank will never call and ask you to share a One Time Passcode (OTP) sent to your phone or email. Sharing it can give fraudsters access to your accounts. Stay vigilant! ow.ly/9A5U50YvQWn #FPM2026 #YourBankWillNever

Continuing our Everyday Legacy series, we’re spotlighting Black entrepreneurship and leadership. Supporting Black economic leadership isn’t seasonal; it’s essential. In this Everyday Legacy spotlight, we’re highlighting: • Black Owned Toronto • Black & Indigenous Owned Bookstores • Ode Hotel • Cobella Financial • Project Agape • Jonah Events & Experiences • Scantlebury Law • CQ Business Consulting Inc. Economic justice requires visibility, investment, and sustained commitment. Support Black-owned businesses this month and beyond. These spotlights are shared to celebrate and increase visibility. They are not endorsements, but an invitation to discover these and other Black-owned businesses and organizations doing meaningful work in their communities.

The holidays can be especially hard for those facing economic abuse or financial control. If money is being used to restrict your choices or safety, you are not alone. Support is available. If you are in immediate danger, call 911 Support is available 24/7: Assaulted Women’s Helpline: 1-866-863-0511 (24/7) Victim Services Ontario: 1-888-579-2888 If you’re looking for information, tools, or support for Economic Abuse, visit the CCFWE Survivor Resource Hub: ccfwe.org/for-survivors/ Wishing you care, strength, and moments of peace this season.

Economic abuse can be hard to name, especially when you’re focused on getting through each day. If someone has limited your ability to work, handled your money without consent, or kept you from making your own choices, this may be economic abuse. You deserve support. You deserve options. Reclaim & Rise is a financial empowerment program offering a safe, culturally grounded space to learn, build financial confidence, and reconnect with your financial voice. Winter Registrations are now open. Join Reclaim and Rise: forms.gle/TjRFHzXHBq49Wu…

It’s not survivors who need to change. It’s the systems around them. New data from CCFWE’s Reclaim & Rise program shows refugee survivors build confidence, understanding, and financial control when supported through trauma-informed learning. Survivors are ready to rebuild. Systems need to catch up. Read the blog: ccfwe.org/2025/12/17/its… Register for the January Reclaim & Rise cohort: forms.gle/TjRFHzXHBq49Wu… #ReclaimAndRise #EconomicAbuse #CCFWE

What does financial empowerment feel like? For refugee survivors in CCFWE’s programs, the words are powerful: Safe. Seen. Healing. Connected. Hopeful. Confident. Independent. Free. Capable. Liberated. Economic empowerment is dignity, choice, and the freedom to rebuild. Our next Reclaim & Rise cohort begins in January — a safe, trauma-informed space for refugee survivors to strengthen financial and digital confidence. Register: forms.gle/ZtHfgCrwfM7Gxc… #16Days #EconomicAbuse #FinancialEmpowerment #NoExcuse #ReclaimAndRise #SurvivorVoices

Romance scams are more than heartbreak—they’re financial exploitation. In 2023 alone, Canadians lost $50.3M to these scams. During the #16Days, we’re raising awareness of how fraud, digital control, and financial manipulation create economic abuse. Learn more: Fact Sheet: ccfwe.org/wp-content/upl… Webinar: ccfwe.org/romance-scams-… #EndGBV #EconomicAbuse #RomanceScams #DigitalSafety

On Dec 6, we gather at Minto Park to honour the 14 women killed at École Polytechnique and all lives lost to femicide and gender-based violence. CCFWE’s National Femicide Call to Action urges governments and communities to act now to protect survivors and prevent future loss. Add your voice: ccfwe.org/femicide-brief/ #December6 #14NotForgotten #EndFemicide #VAW #GBV #NeverAgain #CCFWE #Ottawa

Economic abuse doesn’t always look like a threat. Sometimes it looks like a password you can’t change, a banking app you can’t access, or a debt taken out in your name with one click. These stories come from women in CCFWE’s #ReclaimAndRise and #SHIELD to Thrive programs, where survivors share how financial control shaped their lives long after the abuse began—and often long after they left. Today, abusers use digital tools to monitor, restrict, impersonate, and financially trap survivors. Digital abuse is an invisible force that amplifies economic abuse and keeps it alive. For survivors trying to rebuild, this affects everything: housing stability, credit scores, employment access, legal outcomes, and their ability to reclaim independence. During the 16 Days of Activism, we raise one clear message: There is #NoExcuse for digital abuse. Not now. Not ever. Through CCFWE’s programs, survivors are rebuilding financial stability, reclaiming economic power, and creating pathways to independence. Learn more about our programs: • Reclaim & Rise (for refugee survivors): ccfwe.org/immigrants-and… • SHIELD to Thrive Program (for visible minority survivors): ccfwe.org/financial-empo… #16Days #NoExcuse #EconomicAbuse #DigitalAbuse #FinancialSafety #GBVPrevention #CCFWE #ReclaimAndRise #SHIELD

Help Us Rise 2025 may be over, but its message carries through the #16Days. Our new article shows how economic abuse & housing insecurity create the conditions where femicide occurs—and why financial safety & housing access must be non-negotiable. Turn awareness into action. Sign the Femicide Call to Action by Dec 10: forms.gle/1SKJfWTELhsXBD… Read the article: ccfwe.org/2025/12/03/hel… #HelpUsRise2025 #EconomicAbuse #HousingIsSafety #EndFemicide #GBVPrevention #CCFWE

We’re resharing Ascending, our tribute to the strength and resilience of survivors rising beyond intimate partner violence and economic abuse. Digital, financial, emotional — every form of control limits freedom. Every tool that supports survivors matters. Explore resources: ccfwe.org Watch the video: youtu.be/nlpKrX5lV7g #16Days #UNiTE #NoExcuse #EndGBV #EconomicAbuse #DigitalSafety #CCFWE #WomenRise

On November 26, we honour National Economic Abuse Awareness Day by amplifying the voices of leaders, advocates, and partners who stand with survivors and who champion economic safety as a fundamental right. Today, we share a powerful statement from Suzanne Zaccour of @NAWL_ANFD, highlighting why economic safety must be part of Canada’s response to gender-based violence. Their message is a reminder that financial control, coerced debt, and stolen economic opportunities are not side issues, they are central barriers to safety, dignity, and independence. ➤ Join us in raising awareness: ccfwe.org/economic-abuse… ➤ Engage and amplify our messages. ➤ Stand with survivors. ➤ Sign the national pledge: ccfwe.org/pledge #EconomicAbuseDay #EconomicSafetyMatters #EndEconomicAbuse #16DaysOfActivism #HelpUsRise2025 #GBVPrevention #CCFWE #FLM2025

Today is Economic Abuse Awareness Day! A heartfelt thank you to Minister of Women & Gender Equality (@WAGE_FEGC), Hon Minister Rechie Valdez (@rechievaldez), and Minister of Finance Hon François-Philippe Champagne (@FP_Champagne) for your leadership and commitment. This moment marks historic progress — for the first time in Canada’s history, the Federal Budget recognizes economic abuse, with a national commitment to introduce measures for banks and financial systems to better protect survivors. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your investment, your partnership, and your belief in building a safer, more equitable Canada. Your statement today sends a powerful message: Economic safety is gender equality. Economic abuse ends with all of us. We are deeply grateful. We rise together.

On this Economic Abuse Awareness Day, City Councillor David Hill (@DavidHillWard3) and Councillor Rawlson King officially handed over the Proclamation from the City of Ottawa (@ottawacity). In their remarks, they emphasized that economic abuse is an urgent issue affecting individuals and families across Ottawa and the entire country. The ceremony was joined by advocates, women’s service organizations, allies, and decision-makers — all standing together for economic safety and justice. Today, we also affirm a national call to action: All levels of government must work to prevent Economic Abuse. Thank you, City of Ottawa, for your leadership, your voice, and your commitment to protecting survivors. Together, we are raising awareness, strengthening protections, and building a future where every woman and family has economic safety and freedom. We rise, we educate, we protect.

On November 26, we honour National Economic Abuse Awareness Day by amplifying the voices of leaders, advocates, and partners who stand with survivors and who champion economic safety as a fundamental right. Today, we share a powerful statement from Angela Marie Macdougall of @endingviolence, highlighting why economic safety must be part of Canada’s response to gender-based violence. Their message is a reminder that financial control, coerced debt, and stolen economic opportunities are not side issues, they are central barriers to safety, dignity, and independence. ➤ Join us in raising awareness: ccfwe.org/economic-abuse… ➤ Engage and amplify our messages. ➤ Stand with survivors. ➤ Sign the national pledge: ccfwe.org/pledge #EconomicAbuseDay #EconomicSafetyMatters #EndEconomicAbuse #16DaysOfActivism #HelpUsRise2025 #GBVPrevention #CCFWE #FLM2025

On November 26, we honour National Economic Abuse Awareness Day by amplifying the voices of leaders, advocates, and partners who stand with survivors and who champion economic safety as a fundamental right. Today, we share a powerful statement from Tracey Ramsey of @UniforTheUnion, highlighting why economic safety must be part of Canada’s response to gender-based violence. Their message is a reminder that financial control, coerced debt, and stolen economic opportunities are not side issues, they are central barriers to safety, dignity, and independence. ➤ Join us in raising awareness: ccfwe.org/economic-abuse… ➤ Engage and amplify our messages. ➤ Stand with survivors. ➤ Sign the national pledge: ccfwe.org/pledge #EconomicAbuseDay #EconomicSafetyMatters #EndEconomicAbuse #16DaysOfActivism #HelpUsRise2025 #GBVPrevention #CCFWE #FLM2025

On November 26, we honour National Economic Abuse Awareness Day by amplifying the voices of leaders, advocates, and partners who stand with survivors and who champion economic safety as a fundamental right. Today, we share a powerful statement from Tehreem Fatima of @foranetwork , highlighting why economic safety must be part of Canada’s response to gender-based violence. Their message is a reminder that financial control, coerced debt, and stolen economic opportunities are not side issues, they are central barriers to safety, dignity, and independence. ➤ Join us in raising awareness: ccfwe.org/economic-abuse… ➤ Engage and amplify our messages. ➤ Stand with survivors. ➤ Sign the national pledge: ccfwe.org/pledge #EconomicAbuseDay #EconomicSafetyMatters #EndEconomicAbuse #16DaysOfActivism #HelpUsRise2025 #GBVPrevention #CCFWE #FLM2025

On November 26, we honour National Economic Abuse Awareness Day by amplifying the voices of leaders, advocates, and partners who stand with survivors and who champion economic safety as a fundamental right. Today, we share a powerful statement from the Honourable Rechie Valdez (@rechievaldez), Minister of Women and Gender Equality (@WAGE_FEGC) and Secretary of State for Small Business and Tourism, highlighting why economic safety must be part of Canada’s response to gender-based violence. Their message is a reminder that financial control, coerced debt, and stolen economic opportunities are not side issues, they are central barriers to safety, dignity, and independence. ➤ Join us in raising awareness: ccfwe.org/economic-abuse… ➤ Engage and amplify our messages. ➤ Stand with survivors. ➤ Sign the national pledge: ccfwe.org/sign-the-pledg… #EconomicAbuseDay #EconomicSafetyMatters #EndEconomicAbuse #16DaysOfActivism #HelpUsRise2025 #GBVPrevention #CCFWE #FLM2025

On November 26, we honour National Economic Abuse Awareness Day by amplifying the voices of leaders, advocates, and partners who stand with survivors and who champion economic safety as a fundamental right. Today, we share a powerful statement from Nneka MacGregor of @WomenatcentrE, highlighting why economic safety must be part of Canada’s response to gender-based violence. Their message is a reminder that financial control, coerced debt, and stolen economic opportunities are not side issues, they are central barriers to safety, dignity, and independence. ➤ Join us in raising awareness: ccfwe.org/economic-abuse… ➤ Engage and amplify our messages. ➤ Stand with survivors. ➤ Sign the national pledge: ccfwe.org/sign-the-pledg… #EconomicAbuseDay #EconomicSafetyMatters #EndEconomicAbuse #16DaysOfActivism #HelpUsRise2025 #GBVPrevention #CCFWE #FLM2025

On November 26, we honour National Economic Abuse Awareness Day by amplifying the voices of leaders, advocates, and partners who stand with survivors and who champion economic safety as a fundamental right. Today, we share a powerful statement from the Canadian Bankers Association @CdnBankers, highlighting why economic safety must be part of Canada’s response to gender-based violence. Their message is a reminder that financial control, coerced debt, and stolen economic opportunities are not side issues, they are central barriers to safety, dignity, and independence. ➤ Join us in raising awareness: ccfwe.org/economic-abuse… ➤ Engage and amplify our messages. ➤ Stand with survivors. ➤ Sign the national pledge: ccfwe.org/sign-the-pledg… #EconomicAbuseDay #EconomicSafetyMatters #EndEconomicAbuse #16DaysOfActivism #HelpUsRise2025 #GBVPrevention #CCFWE #FLM2025