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Transforming responses to economic abuse

One in five women in the UK has experienced economic abuse by a current or former partner in the past 12 months. Economic abuse rarely happens in isolation; it normally happens alongside other forms of domestic abuse.

If you are in immediate danger, call the police on 999.

‘Locked into a mortgage, locked out of my home’

Hundreds of thousands of UK women are locked into joint mortgages with perpetrators of domestic abuse. We are urging the government to set up a cross-government task force on economic abuse.


What is economic abuse?

Economic abuse is a legally recognised form of domestic abuse. It often takes place in the context of intimate partner violence. It involves the control of a partner or ex-partner’s money, finances and things that money can buy, such as clothing, transport, food and a place to live.


Trigger warning: The following video contains scenes that some viewers may find distressing.

 

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The effects of economic abuse can last a lifetime, with some women never free of the abuser’s control. Your support can help us to save lives and stop economic abuse forever.


“SEA is creating and riding the waves of awareness and real change around economic abuse.”

— Victim-survivor

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