Objectives

1. Encourage women to gain control and autonomy over their lives in ways that they deem appropriate;
2. Provide refuge for women survivors of violence and their children when their lives are endangered by interpersonal violence;
3. Establish organizational links and mechanisms that enable the use of community, municipal, national and international resources for women's emancipation;
4. Lobby for appropriate legislation and resources that protect and maintain the dignity of survivors of violence;
5. Raise awareness on violence against women through education and training.

What Does NISAA Offer?

Shelter:
Emergency housing to 20 abused women and their children at any given time.
Counselling for women and their children.
Weekly house meetings and group sessions.
Support services (life skills development, and referrals).

Public Education and Awareness:
Media presentations
Education and awareness campaigns
Workshops and talks from grassroots to professional levels
Organizing and hosting workshops, conferences and seminars.

Counselling:
The counselling service includes face-to-face counselling, telephone counselling, after-hours emergency services and referrals. Long term and group counselling for women and children is also available.

Training:
The training component of Nisaa is multi-faceted and includes:

• Life-skills
• Police and court personnel
• Professionals, nurses and doctors
• Volunteers
• High school peer counselling
• Gender issues
• Train the trainer
• Fundraising workshops
• Young women's leadership training

• "The Rising Voices of Women" which records the proceedings of the international "Women and Politics" conference hosted by Nisaa.

• The Nisaa journal, an annual publication which diarises the events of the organization and the sector on violence against women.

• Research papers; including: "Women Abuse in South Africa - an Exploratory Study".

• A Guide for survivors of abuse, various training manuals and a book on sheltering and violence against women in South Africa.

• Nisaa is a correspondent for Lola Press, an international feminist publication. Nisaa produced and editedVol 8 of Lola Press.

• Encourages student research. To date four dissertations have been completed by students who have been placed at Nisaa from Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), and the University of the Witwatersrand. These include:

• "Women Abuse: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Indian General Practioners in Lenasia"

• "Does the Nisaa Crisis Shelter Meet the Needs of Abused Women?"

• "A Profile of the Consumer's Served in Office Based Counselling at the Nisaa Institute for Women's Development: 1995 - 1996"

• "An Evaluation of Nisaa as a community service for battered women"

How Can You Help NISAA?

• Offer your time as a volunteer
• Assist with Fundraising and awareness campaigns
• Make a contribution either in cash or kind.

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