VAWnet Event Calendar

Victim service providers know that confidentiality is vital to survivor-centered service provision, but it’s not always easy to uphold in practice. Join Laisa Schweigert, Senior Technology Safety Specialist with NNEDV’s Safety Net Project, and Alicia Aiken, J.D., Director of the Confidentiality Institute, as we answer your confidentiality questions. Whether you are looking to update your organizational policies to ensure survivors’ privacy always comes first, or you have questions about protecting confidential information on your agency-owned devices, this session is for you!

Workplace gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) does not happen in a vacuum. Incidents of GBVH flourish in environments where power is unchecked, enforcement is weak, workers lack collective voice, and economic precarity is normalized. Centering equity is essential, given that people who have been pushed to the margins are disproportionately affected—although GBVH knows no boundaries.

Join thousands of professionals, including law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, health care providers, judges, faith leaders, educators, researchers, and others for a powerful 3-day conference dedicated to advancing innovative response strategies for sexual assault and domestic violence. Through cutting-edge workshops, inspiring keynotes, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, we'll explore bold solutions, elevate survivor-centered practices, and work together to drive real, lasting change.

Join the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence to equip yourself with: - Recent data from our national survey of rape crisis centers and the National Intimate Partner & Sexual Violence Survey - Advocacy and policy basics for legally and effectively engaging with decision makers - “How tos” for planning and participating in meetings with policy makers - Talking points on survivor services and prevention priorities for fiscal year 2027 appropriations advocacy

This session reveals new insight on emergent and understudied issues from economic abuse, financial insecurity, tech-facilitated violence, to sexual harassment. It interrogates systemic inequality as a root cause and consequence of intimate partner violence, and highlights economic support as a pathway to survivor safety.

NOVA  is the first-ever national summit designed to align, fortify, and position the Black repro ecosystem for collective strategy, leadership, and long-term action. More than a conference, NOVA is a center of gravity for our movement. It brings together organizations, organizers, birth workers, policy leaders, communicators, healers, and cultural workers under one shared commitment: building the collective power needed to protect our communities and shape the future of reproductive justice.