This document summarizes the work of several women's support groups around the world. It describes Battered Women's Support Services, which provides support and advocacy for abused women. It also outlines feminist therapy groups, sexual assault survivor's groups, and organizations in Malaysia and India dedicated to empowering women and eliminating violence. The groups offer counseling, training, advocacy, and safe spaces for women to share experiences.

1. PREPARED BY
FARIZ
NISA
SHEYREEN

2. WOMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP GLOBALLY
Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS)
- started by a group of women in 1979
- provide support & advocacy for women who have
experienced abuse, as well as, training & education about
violence against women.
- As part of the feminist anti-violence movement, their long-
term goal is the elimination of all violence against women.
- launched The Violence Stops Here Campaign urging men
to own their role in ending violence against women (2010)

3. - After retiring their Dating Violence Program in 2007 they
have launch Youth Engagement in Violence Prevention in
2010.
- They serve over 8,000 women, deliver over training and
professional development to over 350 professionals each
year.

4. WOMEN’S JOURNEY
 a support group that helps women regain self esteem and
establish gender equality.
 a community that helps women to identify the silent
discriminations that limit their lives and invades their
personal identity.
 The founder, Ann Lewis Ph.D. is a licensed mental health
counselor in the state of Florida, with a private practice
that promotes healing from within; she has over 23 years
clinical experience counseling individuals, couples, and
groups.

6. Feminist Women's Therapy
Group
 a group just for women who are seeking a
supportive place to meet and talk with other
women in a feminist empowered space.
 Women who join this group may be dealing with
general life issues such as career concerns, life
transitions, anxiety or feelings of sadness,
relationship issues, self-esteem issues, or other
general life issues.

7.  It is a talk therapy group that is closed , meaning
that members who join this group are willing to
make a commitment to attend this group regularly
for a minimum of 6 months or more because they
want a safe, healing, emotional space to form
deeper connections with other women.
 Typically women who join this group are
professional or business women who are between
30-55 years of age. Housewives or women who
work part-time are also appropriate for this group

8. Sexual Abuse/Assault
Survivor's Group (SASS)
 for women who have been sexually abused as children,
survivors of incest, and women who have been raped or
sexually assaulted in childhood or adulthood.
 to discuss similar experiences and the lasting impact that
it has had in their adult life.
- offer survivors a safe place to come talk about their
sexual abuse/assault experiences with others
 Participants will learn about "Accommodation
Syndromes," experiencing "Damaged Goods Syndrome,"
stages of "Rape Trauma Syndrome," and explore
similarities and differences members have experienced.

9.  members offer positive support to one another
while coping with different issues that arise in the
aftermath of incest, sexual abuse, sexual assault
and rape.

10. WOMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP iN
Malaysia
The Women's Centre for Change (WCC)
 a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminate violence
against women and children, empower women and
promote gender equality.
 actively involved in campaign and community work to
overcome gender violence in our society.
 also provides social services for abused women and their
children.

11. Responsibilities:
 Enhance communication, advocacy and information
materials (press release, news and feature writing) to
promote WCC's work.
 Write, edit and oversee to the production of WCC
publications, e.g. newsletter, annual reports, publications
and brochures.
 Manage, generate and update the contents of WCC
website.
 Assist in the development and implementation of a
communication and advocacy strategy for WCC.

12. ALL WOMEN’S ACTiON SOCiETY
(AWAM)
 AWAM is an independent feminist organization
committed to improving the lives of women
in Malaysia. We are tax-exempt, non-profit
organization established in 1985.
 AWAM operates on the strength of a dynamic group of
volunteer members and a pool of dedicated staff. Both
are responsible for the direction and policies of the
organization.

13. Training and education is an area in which AWAM
specializes. Our training expertise include:
gender ;
 rape
 sexual harassment
 domestic violence
 women's rights & human rights
 women & the media
 feminist counseling

14. Talian Nur hotline
 Remember this number: 15999. It is the number of "Talian
Nur", the hotline link to enable early intervention for
victims of domestic violence, child abuse, and natural
disasters.
 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,
launched the integrated one-stop call centre set up by the
Women, Family and Community Development Ministry
Wednesday.
 He urged the public to use it properly and not make crank
calls, adding that those responding to the calls must also
act quickly to relay the information.
 Women, Family and Community Development Minister
Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil said the 29 call agents would
work on three shifts to answer calls 24-hours a day and
seven days a week from the call centre based in Kuala
Lumpur.

15.  the ministry's existing two helplines - TeleDera and
Healthline had been consolidated with Talian Nur,
adding that the police would also help dealing with
calls involving criminal activities.
 The call centre allowed assistance to all types of social
woes victims with greater speedadding
 the hotline was a necessity with the increasing number
of social issues and natural disaster cases being
reported

16. Reference
 http://www.wccpenang.org/wcc/index.php?option=co
m_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=48
 http://www.wao.org.my/#
 http://www.awam.org.my/
 http://www.ciedsindia.org/004_vimochana_campaign
_3.htm
 http://www.ehow.com/list_6700797_domestic-
violence-support-group-activities.html