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 mission:

to empower survivors, train providers and educate the community to break the cycle of covert abuse and coercive control in intimate partner relationships.

Our vision:

a world in which every woman 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.

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.

Survivor advocacy

WomenSV hosts online educational support groups to provide information and validation for survivors of covert abuse and coercive control.

Support groups

Ruth Darlene of WomenSV education for providers

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.

Community outreach & awareness

Ruth Darlene Patrick of WomenSV community outreach for domestic violence awareness

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.

Click the button below to view examples of professional trainings or schedule a training session.

Education for providers

We work directly with corporate partners to inform and educate staff on the impact of domestic violence in the workplace and what they can do to protect themselves, their colleagues, their company and their bottom line.

Click the button below to learn more about our corporate partnership program.

Corporate partnerships


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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.