About Ziverny
AAfter the death of a female relative due to an abusive partner, we, Zaara and Stella, saw the need for substantial course correction in societal norms.
After learning more about domestic violence and its psychological under belly we began to understand why victims cannot easily leave their relationship and gain control of their lives. After extensive communication with lawyers, politicians, M.P’s, government organizations, NGOs, lawmakers, and the police it was clear that although laws are in place to prevent elderly financial abuse and domestic violence the implementation across several communities is impaired because of existing socio-cultural and socio-economic norms.
In our case, the south asian community, as evidenced by the experience of a close family member, has social norms and narratives that make it hard for victims to ask for help, even if they live with nations where domestic abuse is outlawed.
Join us in the journey to eradicate domestic violence by addressing the psychological and cognitive root of this global health concern.
Our Primary Vision
Through Ziverny we hope to build a community of individuals that are committed to shifting the course of legal and financial processing of domestic violence cases. Please read below and to the right some of our primary goals in the next few months.
organize and collaborate with educational institutions and creative professionals for impactful efforts in bringing everyone together
creating mass awareness about domestic violence and its impact through educational and financial literacy
bringing stories of victims, and silenced voices on Zivern’y platform to build a safe and stronger community
create a directory of all the resources relevant for any support and right to information for domestic violence victims
Financial abuse is a major precursor to physical violence, so we needed to stop this at the grass root level.
Financial Institutions are legally obliged to know their customer, so we want financial credit card companies to allow the flagging of a high-risk individual by family members
Financial Institutions are compelled to give continuing education to their employees on Domestic Violence and Elderly Financial abuse as part of their social change initiatives, but the practice does not resonate when it matters.
We want this internal education to have a trickle-down effect on the front-line lines so that when a domestic violence victim calls in about coerced debt, the employees will have the knowledge to address it.
Why is it that financial institutions must be compelled by a judge to qualify a loan to be a coerced debt rather than educating the survivors of DV
We are going to initiate change by asking these institutions to be part of the solution rather than being an impediment to the issues facing domestic violence.
The Financial Institutions:
- Banks Insurance
- Companies
- Pension Plans
None of these institutions have a comprehensive code of conduct where their policy to address financial abuse is effective when it comes to D.V victims.
One of the biggest obstacles for D.V victims is the lack of financial literacy and awareness of legal rights. Showing them the path and educating them on their options is an imperative social obligation that these financial institutions should commit to.
- Financial institutions should not be made or be compelled by the courts to comply with domestic violence laws but should institute their own code of conduct when it comes to D.V victims.
- The 3 top credit agencies should allow family members to call in and flag a potential victim of Domestic violence thus maybe stopping a victim from incurring coerced debt.