Thank you so much for this important question. We expect the federal government to amend the Divorce Act. That's our advocacy. We presented that, of course, in our petition the last time for the House. Unfortunately, because of the federal election, we were not successful.
The Divorce Act has to be amended to include the three forms of abuse, which are economic control, economic exploitation and employment sabotage. It has to be clearly articulated. From the justice system as well we need to have policies and practices that really help non-profit organizations and support services so that they can address this easily and support women. This is our advocacy.
So far, close to 27 cities across Canada have proclaimed November 26 as Economic Abuse Awareness Day. This year we also had an international campaign to raise awareness, not only for survivors but also for policy-makers, researchers and also any advocates in this field. We'll continue advocating in collaboration with our national task force and also many stakeholders.
This is our advocacy work. Right now we are advocating for financial institutions to develop a financial code of practice to protect survivors. We have a voluntary code of practice for elder financial abuse, so we want to replicate that advocacy and that code of conduct to protect against financial and economic abuse. It's an ongoing process, so we definitely need support from the federal government moving forward.