Our new brief, Economic Security and Safe Relationships: Pathways and Actions for Partner Violence Prevention, identifies opportunities for violence prevention practitioners and advocates of economic justice to work together to change policies and systems to improve economic security and prevent partner violence in the first place. This brief shows how economic insecurity is one of many factors that increases the risk of intimate partner violence and illustrates examples of how communities can address these issues to support safe relationships. For example, in Wyoming, the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and its partners are organizing and advocating for gender pay equity using a collective impact approach. In California, the CA Partnership to End Domestic Violence is increasing awareness and use of paid leave and other benefits among low-wage workers, immigrants, and in communities with high rates of partner violence. Just this week, Time’s Up, which emerged out of the #MeToo movement, debuted a national campaign called “Time’s Up Pay Up” to talk about gender pay parity. They also recently unveiled an #EqualPayCA program. Together, we can help communities, families, and individuals achieve the kind of economic security that will support gender equity and healthy and safe relationships. This brief was developed as part of PI’s Sectors Acting For Equity (SAFE) project, funded by the Blue Shield of California Foundation. Photo credit: California Work & Family Coalition. |
