Introduction to Economic Violence

Hello and welcome to the course on Introduction to Economic Violence. This course explores the meaning and impact of economic violence through an intersectional lens with a focus on situating it as a form of gendered violence and harm.

We hope this course will support you in learning about economic violence and understand it as a form of gender based violence. Participants can use this course to explore and think about:

1. How economic violence can manifest as a form of gender based violence,

2. The relationship between economic violence and mental health;

3. The role of larger systems of oppression in fostering economic violence.

Through this course, we wish to equip participants to be able to identify instances of economic violence within their own lives as well as within their communities and equip them with introductory information about the various ways in which it can be addressed. This course helps the learners also develop their capacity to use legal and alternative methods to ensure that victims of economic violence are able to access the relevant legal and alternative support available to them. It also seeks to contextualise the issue of economic violence within larger structures of oppression and how it may relate to mental health challenges that individuals may face.