WOMEN ARE SAFE, INC.

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Women Are Safe, Inc. is a local non-profit organization providing services to victims of domestic violence in rural Tennessee.

Servicing Area

We serve victims/survivors and their children, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, or religion.

In addition to providing direct services to victims, Women Are Safe, Inc. works to prevent violence against women through community education and outreach.

Effective July 1, 2020 we are adding a DCS Liaison to enhance the support DCS provides to families experiencing domestic violence.

Did you know?

Individuals between the ages of 25-34 are at a higher risk of domestic abuse.

Juveniles (under the age of 18) account for 9.8% of all domestic violence victims.

Tennessee is ranked #5 for domestic violence, with one of the highest rates of women killed by men each year.

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the US.

In 2018, there were 98 deaths in Tennessee related to Domestic Violence (an increase from 87 in 2017).

Of those, 58 were women and 40 were men.

About Us

We provided over 2844 safe bednights to victims this year.

Women Are Safe, Inc. began in 1987 as a volunteer effort to provide shelter and safety to victims of domestic violence in Hickman County, Tennessee. Today, we have eight volunteer board members, an Executive Director, a Program Assistant and three advocates and a DCS Liaison dedicated to our mission of serving the immediate needs of domestic violence victims in five rural Tennessee counties.

62% of our shelter occupants are children.

Each year we serve hundreds of victims through our core services: a 24-hour confidential crisis line; safe, temporary shelter; court advocacy; transportation; education about the dynamics of domestic violence; support groups; referrals to community resources; and advocacy.