WomenSV
(Women of Silicon Valley)
is a nonprofit dedicated to
empowering survivors, providers and the community with education about covert abuse and coercive control.
Our vision:
a world in which every adult and child can exercise their fundamental human right to live in peace, safety and freedom in their own home.
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OUR SERVICES
Please note WomenSV is an educational center, not a crisis center!
WomenSV does not provide shelter services or legal assistance.
If you are urgently in need of immediate assistance, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at (800) 799-7233 or contact your local DV agency for support.
We provide training for therapists, attorneys, physicians and other professionals to help them become more trauma-informed and aware of subtle forms of domestic abuse.
Provider trainings
WomenSV offers customized trainings for a variety of providers, including:
Law enforcement
Domestic Violence Advocates
Therapists
Physicians
Faith Leaders
Click the button below to view examples of professional trainings or schedule a training session.
Through presentations for service clubs, schools and other social groups, we work to raise public awareness about coercive control and other forms of domestic abuse in and beyond the Bay Area.
Click the button below to view or schedule a presentation.
Public presentations
Media outreach
We offer education on covert abuse and coercive control for the public through media interviews.
Survivor education
WomenSV empowers survivors through education and safety planning around covert abuse and coercive control. We help survivors identify subtle forms of abuse they may have experienced in addition to physical and sexual violence. We also help them recognize the impact this type of abuse may have on them and their children, and share information about available resources.
Click here to browse our searchable directory of resources online.
VIDEOS
Online harassment is never ok.
Learn about WomenSV's experience with harassment and get the facts here.
TESTIMONIALS
We invite you to partner with us to break the cycle of violence. Click here to donate or send a check made out to WomenSV to:
WomenSV, P.O. Box 3982, Los Altos, CA 94024
Help WomenSV continue its vital services for survivors of powerful, sophisticated abusers!
For more information about our programs and services, contact us. All our services are always free.
We never charge for our services so we count on your donations to help us. Click here to donate to WomenSV today.
Many thanks to our volunteer artist Dave Hendrickson for representing WomenSV’s mission so beautifully in the painting below.
