The women’s Outreach Committee (WOC) is part of the International Service Organization (ISO) of SAA. Their focus is to reach out to all women across the world who want to stop their addictive sexual behaviour.
As part of their work they will:
- Respond to letters from women and publish them in the “Dear Grace” column in The Outer Circle newsletter.
- Organise the Women’s Outreach List “the Grace list” to help women connect
- Hold a Women-only break-out room at the ISO convention.
- Write the text for the women’s pages on the international website.
- Represent women on ISO committees
- coordinate ways for the ISO to hear women’s voices, such as panel discussions and workshops at each ISO convention, and the continuing series of teleconferences on “Women in the Fellowship: What’s working; what’s not working.”
- Produce pamphlets for women – A Special Welcome to the Woman Newcomer, and Safe and Sober Meetings.
The Woman in the Rooms was the Outer Circle issue for July-August 2016 – a series of articles explores the question: How can we make space as a fellowship for women in SAA?”
If you are interested in becoming involved in the work of the Committee contact them at womensoutreach@saa-recovery.org
The Women’s Outreach Committee was suggested in 2003 by a woman member of the ISO Board of Trustees and formed as a Board committee. Their primary purpose is to support the woman sex addict who still suffers.
Their scope is four‐fold:
- to reach out to all women who desire to stop addictive sexual behavior;
- to assist these women in connecting with other SAA women;
- to provide a safe place for women to reach out to other women for support and sponsorship, and
- to give women a voice in the SAA fellowship.
International support for women sex addicts
SAA has two international groups supporting women in the SAA fellowship:
- Women’s Outreach Committee (WOC) and
- Women’s Intergroup (WIG)
There are other groups supporting women which are more locally based eg to States or countries.
| Women’s Outreach Committee (WOC) | Women’s Intergroup (WIG) | |
| Primary Purpose | To support the (woman) sex addict who still suffers. | To support the (woman) sex addict who still suffers and the (woman) sex addict who continues in her journey of recovery. |
| Activities | * Produce the “Dear Grace” column for SAA’s The Outer Circle newsletter * Maintain the Women’s Outreach List (aka “the Grace list”) *Coordinate ways for the ISO to hear women’s voices, such as panel discussions and workshops at each ISO convention, and the continuing series of teleconferences on “Women in the Fellowship: What’s working; what’s not working.” * Serve as content expert for the women’s pages on the ISO website. * Facilitate sharing of ESH with other ISO committees, such as the Fellowship International Standing Committee – of the Board *Coordinate the Women’s Outreach room at each ISO convention. * Write literature and respond to requests for feedback on other literature | Leading, assisting, and funding events for women. Supporting individuals to attend events. Creating and supporting initiatives, meetings and individuals in their recovery journeys. It can accept donations, and engage in fund-raising to achieve its own ambitions. |
| Who can join meetings | Any SAA member | Any SAA member |
| Monthly meeting | Monthly on the second Saturday at 10am CST | Monthly on the first Sunday of the month at 3pm CST |
| Contact | www.saa-recovery.org/women womensoutreach@saa-recovery.org ISO of SAA, Inc.PO Box 70949 Houston, TX 77270 | www.SAAforWomen.org saawomensig@gmail.com |
| Mission | Mission: reach out to all women who desire to stop addictive sexual behavior; assist these women in connecting with other SAA women; provide a safe place for women to reach out to other women for support and sponsorship; and give women a voice in the SAA fellowship. | Mission: To produce, support, and financially assist women-only retreats, workshops, events, activities, and initiatives focused on sexual addiction recovery; to support the women’s outreach initiatives of other SAA groups; and to provide information, encouragement, and financial assistance for individual women to participate in these events |
| Independence | No, part of the ISO of SAA corporation and reporting to the ISO Board of Trustees. Suggestions are proposed to ISO and decisions made by ISO. | Yes. Responsible directly to the members and member groups who join the Intergroup. WIG makes it own decisions. |