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1 results foundAuthor: Milne, Sandra Title: Economic Abuse in New Zealand: Towards an Understanding and Response Summary: The Good Shepherd network aims to create an emotionally, physically and economically safe world, especially for women and girls. As such, we are interested in, and work with women to build, their security and wellbeing as an essential foundation for a woman's full participation in life. Violence against women is an issue that every country is trying to address, and ultimately eliminate. Reportedly, one in three New Zealand women experiences physical and/or sexual violence from a partner, known as intimate partner violence (IPV), in their lifetime (Aviva). Approximately half of all homicides in New Zealand are family violence-related, and, per capita, this family violence homicide rate is more than twice that of Australia, Canada, or the United Kingdom. Economic insecurity is one of the key reasons many people do not feel they are able to leave violent relationships, and why some may return to violent partners. Economic insecurity is not only a consequence of family violence, but is itself a form of family violence (as economic or financial abuse)(Corrie, 2016). Economic abuse is a specific type of family violence that is "causing or attempting to cause an individual to become financially dependent on another person, by obstructing their access to or control over resources and/or independent economic activity (UN Women, 2012)." Economic abuse is often, but not always, part of a pattern of abusive control that incorporates other forms of intimate partner violence (IPV), including physical, sexual and psychological. However, awareness of economic abuse in New Zealand is quite low, and it has only recently been added to the legislative definition of family violence. This study considers economic abuse, specifically as a form of IPV where men perpetrate violence against women, within the New Zealand context. The purpose of this report is to contribute to a common understanding of economic abuse and grow the knowledge in this area to support effective, evidence-based policy and practice responses. Details: Abbotsford, VIC: Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand, 2018. 90p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 3, 2018 at: http://goodshepherd.org.nz/newsmedia/good-shepherd-nz-research-economic-abuse-in-new-zealand/ Year: 2018 Country: New Zealand URL: http://goodshepherd.org.nz/media/1975/economic-abuse-in-new-zealand-gsnz-2018.pdf Shelf Number: 151643 Keywords: Abusive MenEconomic AbuseFinancial Abuse |