25 November is the International Day for Elimination of violence against women. PSWS would like the opportunity to highlight economic violence which women particularly those who engage in precarious/casual work. They face severe economic violence, a form of non-physical gender-based violence (GBV), which remains a significant obstacle to women’s empowerment.
While economic freedom enables women to control their financial resources and make decisions that shape their economic future, economic violence systematically undermines these freedoms, trapping women in cycles of poverty, dependency, and disempowerment.