The evidence base on economic abuse and the negative economic impact of domestic violence more broadly has expanded over the past ten years. Program interventions to support women’s economic stability have also been developed and evaluated.
The reports below reflect national and international knowledge. Join the international network for updates.
2026
Banking records reveal characteristics of financial abuse Journal Article
In: Nature, 2026.
Economic abuse as structural violence: A humanitarian socio-ecological analysis of economic abuse against Rohingya refugee women in Bangladesh Journal Article
In: The Social Science Journal, 2026.
In: Violence Against Women, 2026.
Economic Violence and Property Rights in Informal Family Relationships: A Gender-Based Analysis from Colombia Journal Article
In: International Journal of Special Education, 2026.
Responding to Coerced Debt Review of Women's Aid's Debt Advice Pilot Technical Report
2026.
A Covert Way Out?: Financial Infidelity Buffers the Harms of Economic Abuse Journal Article
In: Family Relations, 2026.
The Economic Dimension Of Domestic Violence: From Criminalisation Of An Act To Reparation In The Context Of ECTHR Practice Journal Article
In: Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 2026.
Economic violence against women committed by intimate partners: a population-based study Journal Article
In: Cogitare Enfermagem, 2026.
Frequency of Types of Economic Violence against Women and Affecting Factors: Cross-Sectional Online Study Journal Article
In: Sağlık ve Toplum, 2026.
Violence and abuse in young women’s intimate relationships in India Technical Report
2026.
Before the Bruises: The Insidious Nature of Emotional and Financial Abuse in Heterosexual and Same-Sex Relationships Journal Article
In: Gender Issues, 2026.
Unveiling economic exploitation: The hidden struggles of Palestinian women amid conflict and cultural norms Journal Article
In: Women's Health, 2026.
Examining the Relationship Between Women's Gender Role Attitudes and Perceived Economic Abuse in Türkiye: A Quantitative Study Journal Article
In: Violence Against Women, 2026.
Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems-Perpetrated Financial Abuse Journal Article
In: Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2026.
Legal Construction of Economic Violence in the Household as a Ground for Divorce in Religious Courts Journal Article
In: VRISPRAAK, 2026.
In: Nordic Social Work Research, 2026.
The glass through which to assess fairness – domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings Journal Article
In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 2026.
Addressing Financial Abuse in Australian Small Businesses: The Role of Industry Stakeholders Journal Article
In: Businesses, 2026.
Economic abuse dynamics and housing insecurity among mothers of young children: A mixed methods study Journal Article
In: Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 2026.
Exploring Dimensions of Economic Abuse Within Adolescent Romantic Relationships Journal Article
In: Violence and Victims, 2026.
Welfare Compliance and Domestic Violence: How Australia's Welfare Fraud Tip-Off Line is Used as a Tool of State Violence Against Women Journal Article
In: Violence Against Women, 2026.
In: PLOS Global Public Health, 2026.
Economic Abuse in Coercive Control Trajectories: Applying Escalation Pattern Analysis to Intimate Partner Violence Journal Article
In: Violence Against Women, 2026.
Lived experience of gambling-induced financial harm and its impact on family dynamics Journal Article
In: 2026.
Power problems: Addressing economic abuse in the context of Australian energy utilities Technical Report
2026.
Hidden Risks, Fatal Consequences: Economic Abuse in Domestic Homicide Reviews Technical Report
2026.
The Cost of Domestic Violence to Women's Employment and Education Technical Report
2026.
Unveiling patriarchy: a systematic review of economic violence against women Journal Article
In: BMC Public Health, 2026.
Addiction and social death: Palestinian women’s narratives of trauma, violence, and resistance in marriages to addicted husbands Journal Article
In: Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2026.
In: Indigenous Women's Resilience, Leadership and Social Change: Intersection of Knowledge, Tradition, and Justice, 2026.
2025
Describing Coerced Debt Created in Abusive Marriages Journal Article
In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2025.
In: PLOS Global Public Health, 2025.
Internal and External Resilience Factors: Identifying Key Buffers in Economic Abuse’s Mental Health Impact Journal Article
In: Journal of Family Violence, 2025.
Keeping Up Appearances: Women’s experiences of economic abuse in the context of coercive control Masters Thesis
2025.
Economic abuse as a female battering form: A cross-sectional study among physicians and nurses Journal Article
In: World Journal of Psychiatry, 2025.
Cost of Connection: A Phenomenological Study of Gay Financial Abuse Experiences Journal Article
In: International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025.
What Works in Reducing Economic Violence Against Women: Global Evidence From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal Article
In: Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2025.
Designing Out Economic Abuse in the UK Banking Industry: A Call To Action Technical Report
2025.
Exploring The Nature And Prevalence Of Financial Abuse Among Microfinance Customers In Benin Technical Report
2025.
A World Free from Violence Global Strategies for Building Economic Security for Survivors Technical Report
2025.
“My Resources Ran Out and He Didn’t Need Me Anymore”: Economic Abuse Dynamics Experienced by Mothers Enrolled in Home Visiting Programs Journal Article
In: Journal of Family Violence, 2025.
Economic Violence Against Women: A Case in the National Capital Region (NCR) Journal Article
In: International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research, 2025.
Unveiling hidden economic abuse: structural mechanisms of control and the erosion of women's financial independence Journal Article
In: Journal of Family Studies, 2025.