My Nonprofit Reviews
Elena S.
Review for W.O.M.A.N., Inc. - Women Organized to Make Abuse Non Existent Inc, San Francisco, CA, USA
Working as a volunteer at W.O.M.A.N Inc was one of the most powerful and empowering experiences of my life. What makes W.O.M.A.N Inc so unique and special is their focus on empowerment for women. During the volunteer certification, they explain how when a woman finds herself in a domestic violence situation, she loses her power via the relationship with the batterer. Therefore, the role of any domestic violence organization, should be to allow the woman the choice to regain her power and agency. This means that W.O.M.A.N Inc should act as a tool for women, not another person that tells her what to do and when to do it. To me, this made W.O.M.A.N Inc incredibly revolutionary because it didn't help just eliminate violence, but rather worked to restore agency, dignity and strength.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
speaking with women on the phone and working from whatever problem they present towards a solution.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Allow it to have more resources (i.e. funds) so it could diversify the work it would do. There were numerous times we were limited by the funds we had.
