📋 Tender Overview
Funding will help with free resource that provides financial advice and support to women facing financial abuseYour Toolkit currently has over 1000 users per week and was recognised at the Money Awareness and Inclusion AwardsBankwests Hidden Cost Report found a third of all female respondents said they had experienced financial abuseThe State Government is partnering with Lotterywest to provide an additional 300000 to the award winning Your Toolkit - an online resource which provides financial advice and support to women experiencing domestic violence and financial abuse. Your Toolkit comprises a four-part step-by-step guide based on different stages of a womans journey to leave a violent relationship and provides information including general financial literacy education on budgeting saving credit debt superannuation and insurance.Almost all womenwho experience intimate partner violence will also suffer financial abuse during the relationship which is a form of coercive control.Bankwests annual Hidden Costs report into financial abuse in Western Australia found a third of all female respondents said they experienced financial abuse with the most common behaviour being a partner refusing to contribute financially to the family.Awareness of financial abuse is also on the rise with nearly one third of respondents saying they are aware of or have concerns for someone experiencing financial abuse however two thirds reported feeling it would be hard to seek help.The annual 16 Days in WA - Stop Violence Against Women campaign runs from 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women to 10 December Human Rights Day.Now in its sixth year 16 Days in WA aims to raise awareness of all forms of violence and abuse and educate the community on how they can play their part in ending violence against women and children.Further information on the 16 Days in WA campaign including statistics and resources are available online
