One of the things that the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment does is advocate for survivor’s voices to be included in the development of policies that impact them.
As part of their ongoing work with Federal Government on the development of a new voluntary Code of Conduct on the Prevention of Economic Abuse, CCFWE facilitated a roundtable discussion, where myself and several other economic abuse survivors got to speak directly to those involved in creating this important policy.
This Code of Conduct will influence how financial institutions in Canada identify, respond to, and help prevent economic abuse.
While there are many people, organizations, and government departments involved in this Code of Conduct, knowing that I got to put my perspectives and suggestions in the pot was absolutely incredible.
My divorce story came with some real moments of hopelessness in the face of economic abuse. Getting to contribute in this way, on a policy of this scale, felt like the exact opposite of helpless.
Read more about the important work CCFWE has been doing around this Code of Conduct here.
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