“For years I was financially dependent on my husband and it was very difficult to decide on this step. Also, there is a factor of fear, shame and that of our ‘what will the people say.’ Thanks to all the wonderful women who work in a safe house, I am realized that it was time for me to start looking at myself and not think about what anyone else was going to say. because of my husband I had to stop working, today, by babysitting I earn as much as I need and I am satisfied. “