Economic harm broadly refers to behaviours, systems or services that (intentionally or unintentionally) negatively impact a person’s financial wellbeing.

Economic abuse involves controlling or exploitative behaviour using economic tools. These include essential services, housing, food, transport and employment. It’s something intentionally perpetrated against someone else. Unlike some other forms of control, economic abuse does not require physical proximity to perpetrate. This means that it can start, continue or escalate post-separation, even if the abuser does not know where the victim is.

Financial abuse is similar to economic abuse, but specifically means the use of finances and money as a form of control or coercion.

We use “Economic Harm” as it incorporates interventions required at a system, product & service, perpetrator and victim-survivor level.