VAWnet Event Calendar

Research has repeatedly shown that LGBTQ+ survivors of IPV are less likely to access traditional domestic violence services and are more likely to seek LGBTQ+ affirming therapists and resources at LGBTQ+ centers. This 2-day workshop aims to bridge the knowledge gap for those not specifically working in the GBV field and provide crucial information about the dynamics of IPV, the barriers LGBTQ+ survivors face when seeking traditional care, safety planning, and trauma-informed approaches to supporting survivors.

People with disabilities and Deaf people are significantly more likely to be impacted by the criminal legal system. At the same time, they often face real barriers to accessing the very community-based programs designed to support stability and reduce system involvement.

When survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking go to work, they often face serious challenges — missed time, safety concerns, or job loss at the moment they need stability most. The good news: many states have laws to protect them. The hard part: most advocates, attorneys, and survivors have never heard of these laws. That's exactly what Futures Without Violence's Advancing Safety Project is working to change.

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.

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.

Ethics, boundaries, and confidentiality shape every interaction victim advocates have with the people they serve. Yet the real challenges often show up in the gray areas, when a boundary starts to shift, a client shares something unexpected, or a situation feels uncomfortable, and you are not sure why.