Women Initiating New Goals of Safety (WINGS) is an evidence-based brief intervention that empowers women at elevated risk of gender-based violence (GBV)—including women who use drugs, women living with HIV, women in extreme poverty, transgender women, women in war zones, and those from marginalized communities—through brief psychoeducation to raise awareness about GBV, evidence-based screening, safety planning, and linkage to services that identify and reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) and other forms of GBV.
We are a collective of NGOs, community-based agencies, and academic partners that are implementing WINGS globally. Through culturally tailored mobile health tools, peer engagement, and partnerships with service providers, we adapt and implement WINGS using data-driven, community-based strategies to close service gaps, strengthen anti-GBV advocacy, and promote health and safety for all women affected by violence.

We represent a collective of NGOs, agencies, and academic partners who are implementing WINGS globally in collaboration with survivors, advocates, and community providers serving women at high risk of gender-based violence. WINGS was developed by the Social Intervention Group at Columbia University’s School of Social Work for women who use drugs and are impacted by the criminal legal system in 2011. It has since been adapted for women living with HIV, sex workers, transgender women, women living in extreme poverty and women living in war zones. Our team of WINGS partners includes: