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Every Woman is Worthy of Support

Ensuring that women get the support and resources they need is crucial for fostering their well-being, dignity, and empowerment. When women are provided with access to mental health services, healthcare, educational opportunities, and professional development, it acknowledges their intrinsic worth and validates their lived experiences.

This support helps women overcome challenges like discrimination, economic disparity, and social barriers. By honoring women’s experiences and providing them with the necessary resources, society promotes gender equality and builds a foundation for a more just and inclusive world.

Every Woman is Worthy® keeps women’s needs at the core of its mission to uplift women of all backgrounds and give back a part of every purchase to organizations that support marginalized and oppressed women. You can learn more about our mission here.

We invite you to browse resources available and organizations you can get involved in below:

Domestic/Sexual Abuse/Violence Support

• National Domestic Violence Hotline; 1-800-799-7233; Text “START” to 88788: Learn about the different ways to recognize abuse. If you are experiencing domestic violence then reach out by calling, texting, or chatting.
• National Resource Center on Domestic Violence: This resource has been around for over 25 years and provides information on many issues related to domestic violence. Explore the different resources to help prevent its occurrence.
• Futures Without Violence: The goal is to heal those who are traumatized by violence today and then help the community live free of violence tomorrow. This is applicable to domestic abuse, child abuse, bullying, and sexual assault.
• StrongHearts: Native helpline for domestic and sexual abuse. Reach out for support and learn how to help a loved one.
• 1-in-6: 1 in 6 men experience sexual assault or abuse. Read survivor stories or explore to get help.
• Zoë Ministries (Delaware): Sponsor Hannah’s House, a long-term residential safe home for female minors (ages 12-17) who are victims of sex trafficking in the USA.

Poverty Support

• Poverty Solutions: They focus on action-based research to work with communities and policymakers to alleviate and prevent poverty.
• Government Housing Assistance: Explore the many different resources the government offers to meet your housing needs. You can find ways to avoid foreclosure, buying a home, fair lending, housing discrimination, and more.
• Housing Choice Voucher Program: Low-income families can utilize the voucher program offered by the government. Learn more through this website.
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: If you are in need of temporary financial assistance, then explore this website. They can provide childcare assistance, job preparation, and work assistance.
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Low-income individuals and families receive benefits through a card. This is valid for food in specific stores.

Suicide Prevention

• Crisis Lifeline: Learn about ways to provide support to help prevent suicide and save lives. There are crisis centers that are available for immediate counseling and other local service resources.
• Poison Control; 1-800-222-1222: Reach out and get help if there is a suspected poisoning. Learn to identify an unknown pill, know if different substances are harmful, know how to help others if experiencing poisoning, and more.
• Crisis Intervention Team International: Help those with mental illness and addiction when in a crisis. They seek to work with community partnerships like law enforcement, mental health/addiction professionals, and others to improve community responses.
• Gun Safety: Learn of different ways to store a gun safely and the importance of doing so. Suggestions are provided on how to help kids understand guns.

LGBTQ+

• Bi 101: Since 1996 this website has been an online hub for bi people. It continues to provide resources, news, and ways to feel connected with bisexuality.
• Point Foundation: They strive to empower LGBTQ+ individuals to achieve their full academic and leadership potential. College students are supported financially, through leadership training, and mentoring.
• Transgender Law Center: This organization is trans-led as they advocate for all to be free to define themselves and their futures. Explore the many different programs and projects that are actively being worked on through this organization.
• The Trevor Project: They strive to end suicide among the LGBTQ+ population. Volunteer to help the young LGBTQ+ population through tough times to prevent suicide.

Eating Disorder Recovery

• The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders: Explore this website to better understand the different eating disorders and how to get involved.
• Eating Recovery Center: There are many different types of treatment, including in-patient, residential, and more. Different support groups are available as well.
• Center for Change: This is a physical center for recovery that focuses on a holistic approach. Find a road to recovery from eating disorders through individualized treatment.

Consent

• Safe B.A.E. (Before Anyone Else): Non-profit organization led by students to prevent sexual violence among teens. Opportunities for adults and youth to make a change.
• Stories of Consent: Their mission is to help others understand what consent looks like. They provide many different situations of consent.
• Teach us Consent: Learn how Australia implemented consent education and read stories of those whose consent was violated.
• Consent Labs: Programs are available that provide consent education to schools, teachers, tertiary, and parents.

Crisis

• Crisis Text Line; Text “HOME” to 741741: Reach a crisis volunteer counselor 24/7 through text, WhatsApp, or by chatting on their website. Find help with gun violence, anxiety, eating disorders, and more.

Single Moms

• Single Parent Project: Some single parents make too much for government assistance, and this project works to help those who still need assistance. They also offer support groups for single parents in need.
• The Life of a Single Mom: Explore the different resources available including financial support, articles, podcasts, videos and ebooks. Find or create a support group for other single moms.
• Single Parent Advocate: Their mission is to help single parents with a variety of resources to help them have a successful life. They also work to advocate with other organizations.
• Single Moms Planet: This organization was created by a single mom trying to work and climb the corporate ladder. Find different resources that help single mothers in business, leadership roles, and more.
• Child Care: Explore the different resources that are available to you through the government. It ranges from nutritional to financial assistance.

Combat Racism

• Raising Race Conscious Children: Adults can explore different resources to help raise their children to better understand race and diversity. The blog has several articles that help achieve this mission.
• Disrupting Racism: Complete an assessment tool to better understand your individual racism. Explore different cards that address racism.
• Race Forward: They work to dismantle racism in communities and institutions. Get access to racial equity training, coaching/technical assistance, and racial equity assistance.
• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People): One of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States, focusing on eliminating race-based discrimination and ensuring the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all persons.
• Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): Dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society through litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy.
• The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Provides legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes, poor prisoners without effective representation, and others who may have been denied a fair trial. EJI also works to address racial injustice and advocate for criminal justice reform.

Re-entering the Work Force

• Work & Mother: Get a consultation to better understand how to enter the workforce again. Find other articles that give further insight and guidance into this new transition.
• Bright Horizons: Explore different programs that help moms return to work. Look into the different FAQs about these programs.
• The Mom Project: Whether you are returning to work or debating whether to continue to work after having children, you will find helpful resources. Find career guidance, events to attend, resume help, and more.
• Hire My Mom: Find a job that allows you to work from home. There are many different trainings and courses to help you find the perfect job for you.

Maternal Health

• Planned Parenthood: An unplanned pregnancy can be hard to navigate by yourself. Understand and explore the different options when making your decision.
• Better Health: Consider the different options you have when you suspect or confirm you are pregnant. There are different options on how and where to get help.
• National Partnership for Women & Families: Black women are more likely to die from pregnancy. Within this platform, learn different ways to improve reproductive health care.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The CDC provides ways that different groups of people can help reduce black maternal mortality. There are also different activities the CDC engages in to prevent mortality.
• Black Mamas Matters Alliance: Women are working to change policy, shift the culture, research, and advance care for black maternal health. See the good they have done and find the ways you can connect and help.
• Hope Mommies: Loss of a pregnancy is hard to navigate but you can find different ways to be supported or support others. There are podcasts, communities, groups, retreats, and more to help each person through this tough time.
• Ending a Wanted Pregnancy: Get support from others who have gone through an experience where they needed to end a pregnancy, even though it was wanted. There are many different reasons why this occurs, and you can find support in many different ways.
• Walk With Me: Loss occurs while pregnant, at the hospital, or shortly after and they help others donate or volunteer to give support. They provide emotional and financial support, as needed.
• Birth in Color: Join in focusing on removing biases and barriers for people of color in reproductive health. Some of the services provided include birth workers, postpartum birth workers, abortion doulas, lactation consults, nutrition counseling, and so much more.

Anxiety and/or Depression

• Women’s Mental Health Consortium (WMHC): A network of mental health professionals who specialize in treating women with mental health issues, offering resources and referrals for comprehensive care.
• National Women’s Health Network (NWHN): Advocates for women’s health issues, providing information and support on mental health, including anxiety and depression.
• Mental Health America (MHA): Aims to promote mental health and wellness, providing resources and information on mental health conditions, including specific resources for women.
• Aubrey Grossen: Aubrey battled depression and anxiety which led her to finding ways to bring light into her life. Explore the ANYA membership community that is free and provides different tools, processes, and support for struggling women.
• Silence the Shame: Mental health and wellness can have a negative stigma, but exploring the different resources can provide new opportunities. There are different guides on anxiety, depression, suicide, and more.
• Anxiety & Depression Association of America: Learn more about what anxiety and depression are, along with other mental health challenges. The resources include articles, personal stories, communities, webinars, and more.
• Tracking Happiness: A website dedicated to sharing people’s stories about their own mental health struggles. Each article is tagged according to the different mental health challenges and life obstacles mentioned in the article so that readers can find relatable stories, resources, and hope.

Period Poverty and Menstrual Support

• Period: Period strives to eradicate period poverty by providing education and policy changes. There is a focus on ensuring there are affordable and accessible menstrual products that are untaxed and available in public places.
• Alliance for Period Supplies: Learn about different ways to take action in helping end period poverty by raising awareness, advocating for legislative changes, and distributing period supplies. Join their Alliance to help end period poverty.
• The Period Project: Support the initiatives that provide free period products in public and charter schools. Additionally, join the efforts for each company to provide period products as well.
• Helping Women Period: The work to end period poverty is done by partnerships, advocacy, donations, and education. Get involved by making a donation, hosting a period supply drive, volunteer, and more.

Disabled Adults and Adults with Special Needs Children

• Easterseals: Provides a wide range of services including early intervention, medical rehabilitation, employment, and adult day services for individuals with disabilities and special needs.
• The Arc: Advocates for and serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, offering services such as housing, employment, and education.
• National Disability Rights Network (NDRN): A national organization that advocates for the rights of individuals with disabilities through legal advocacy, policy development, and information dissemination.
• Family Voices: A national organization that advocates for families of children with special healthcare needs, providing resources and support to navigate healthcare systems.
• Lighthouse Guild: Provides healthcare and rehabilitation services for people who are visually impaired or have multiple disabilities, with a focus on enhancing independence and quality of life.
• ADAPT: A national grassroots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, advocating for the rights of people with disabilities.
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF): A leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities, working to advance the rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy and policy reform.

Neurodivergent Advocacy

• Autism Speaks: Provides advocacy and support for individuals with autism and their families, offering resources for education, healthcare, and community inclusion.
• Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN): AWN is a nonprofit organization committed to disability justice, gender and racial equity, neurodiversity, and trans liberation. They offer webinars, resources, and community support for autistic women and nonbinary individuals. 
• AANE (Asperger/Autism Network): AANE provides support groups and community connections for individuals and families affected by autism spectrum conditions. They offer groups specifically for women across various age ranges.
• Society for Neurodiversity (S4Nd): Supports neurodivergent individuals by offering peer support groups, one-on-one sessions, and resources. Their peer support groups are run by and for neurodiverse people, providing mutual support and information sharing. 
• GRASP (Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership): GRASP offers membership and support groups for autistic and neurodivergent individuals. They have specific groups, such as the Women & Non-binary folk virtual group, meeting on the first and third Mondays of each month.

Cult and Spiritual Abuse Recovery

• Tears of Eden: The nonprofit supports those who have survived spiritual abuse and religious trauma. Tears of Eden strives to empower and help others throughout their healing process.
• The Vashti Initiative: Find ways to actively heal from religious and spiritual abuse. There are also different ways to support or volunteer to help those fleeing and transitioning out of religious and spiritual abuse.
• Dr. Janja Lalich: Lalich specializes in cults and extremist groups. Lalich has also researched the psychology of cults, mind control, and the manipulation tactics employed by such groups.
• Rachel Bernstein: Bernstein is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Bernstein has experience in helping former cult members and those who have loved ones struggling in manipulative relationships and cults.

Trauma Recovery

• Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery: This online resource provides coaching and trauma resolution and recovery. There are also opportunities to join a support group for Healing from the Impacts of Purity Culture.
• The Trauma Survivors Foundation: If you or a loved one have experienced a traumatic event then explore more about this resource. You can get involved by volunteering, making a donation, hosting a fundraiser, and more.
• National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers: Learn more about The TRC Model to promote healing and aid in the removal of barriers to care. Find and get in contact with one of their trauma recovery centers.

Digital Safety & Protection

Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI): A nonprofit organization that combats online harassment and abuse, including non-consensual pornography and deepfake technology, through advocacy, public policy, and legal support.

National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): Advocates for gender justice in the courts and public policy, offering legal support and resources to women facing discrimination and harassment, including online abuse.

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): A leading nonprofit defending civil liberties in the digital world, providing resources and advocacy for individuals facing online privacy violations and digital harassment.

End Revenge Porn (Cyber Civil Rights Initiative): An initiative that campaigns for the criminalization of revenge porn and provides support to victims, including resources on legal options and advocacy efforts.

Understanding the Laws Surrounding AI-Generated Images: An informative resource that explains the legal aspects of AI-generated images, including deepfakes, and offers guidance on protecting oneself against digital harassment.

Most LGBTQ are Cyberbullied – Here’s How to Stay Safe Online: This resource from vpnMentor provides essential online safety tips tailored for the LGBTQ community, addressing the prevalent issue of cyberbullying. It offers practical advice on protecting personal information, recognizing and avoiding online harassment, and utilizing digital security tools to enhance privacy and security.

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