Women's Crisis Services: A Case Study

The organization that I would like to support is the Women’s Crisis services. They are a nonprofit, charitable organization that helps women and children who are victims of abuse. The logo that has been adapted by the organization is a Dragonfly, as Carter Revard says, “The Dragonfly lifts us up and encourages us to believe that human courage and ingenuity may keep alive our finest human values.” (Women’s Crisis services 2014). This went along with their tag stating “Moving Beyond Violence.” (Women’s Crisis services 2014). Accordingly, their mission is to provide support for women and children, in order for them to move beyond violence and abuse by providing shelters, education and outreach services. (Women’s Crisis services 2014). Along with …show more content…
The organization pertains to the issue regarding the difficulty of reporting an abuser due to situation of the female or child. They have two, easily accessible shelters located in the waterloo region, Anselma house and haven house that provide space for women including a mother with children of any sex under the age of 18 (women Crisis services 2014). In the shelters, victims are guided on the right path in order to overcome their dilemma. The shelters give the victims guidance in order for them to take the right precautions and contact the police. This is important since most crime that come to the attention of the police are reported in the first instant by the public, however crimes like woman and child abuse could easily go unreported. Data collected in Canada by the victimization survey show that many victims feel intimidated by those who have offended them; they feel that reporting the incident to the police could jeopardize their personal safety. Research has also found that, women who have experienced abuse at home would like to be removed from the household but not necessarily have the offender arrested. This is especially the case for women in an intimate relationship with their abuser or financially dependent on them (Dobash and Dobash, 2003). Accordingly, Women’s Crisis Services, works with the comfort of …show more content…
They deal with the issues of abuse and violence by raising awareness and working with the community to build safe environment for women and children to turn to when there is nowhere else to go (women Crisis services 2014). Although women have come into the shelters with individual issues, the organization works with the community by taking donation and having events to create awareness. Moreover, they encourage educating the society about this issue of violence as a means to prevent it from occurring more