Canadian Center For Women's Empowerment (CCFWE) Information

Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE) is the only Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to addressing Economic Abuse through advocacy, evidence, and system change. Mandate -Help survivors heal from family violence including generational trauma, build resilience and lead a healthy lifestyle. -Empower survivors to strengthen their financial knowledge and behaviors to achieve financial safety and security. -Influence policy makers and financial institutions to remove structural financial obstacles that impact the economic empowerment of survivors. -Advocate for the Canadian government’s recognition of Economic Abuse and coercive control and raise public awareness on economic abuse in the context of domestic violence. -Advocate for the creation of a Canadian National Action Plan and landscape survivors to recover from Economic Abuse. -Support advocates and policymakers to end Economic Abuse that brings together women’s community organizations, financial institutions such as banks, utilities, and essential service providers, telecommunications companies, industry regulators and ombudsman services, local and national government, the criminal justice system (police, prosecutors and the judiciary), the family justice system, consumer lawyers, and researchers and academics. Conduct research to influence policy and practices.