We met on a gameshow. Little did we know how much we had in common. We’re women, we’re authors, and we’re survivors of financial abuse. Thus was born the I Know Why She Stayed Initiative.

99% of women worldwide who are domestically abused are also financially abused. More than fifty thousand of those women die every year from domestic abuse, while many of those women stay in the abusive relationships because leaving means no home, no healthcare, no food, no finances of their own.