VAWnet Event Calendar

"Sexual Assault: Media, Culture, & Victim Blaming" examines the pervasive issue of sexual violence through the lens of societal narratives and cultural influences. This training highlights the complex dynamics of sexual violence, exploring how media and cultural portrayals often reinforce harmful stereotypes and shift blame from perpetrators to victims. Participants will gain insights into the ways these narratives contribute to underreporting, stigmatization, and barriers to justice.

Supervising staff within survivor-serving organizations comes with unique challenges and opportunities to cultivate a supportive, resilient team. This webinar will equip supervisors and managers with practical, trauma-informed strategies to support neurodiverse staff, attend to staff well-being, and provide meaningful accommodations. The presenter will review examples and respond to questions submitted in advance and share actionable strategies that strengthen staff support, foster growth, and build team resilience within programs addressing intimate partner violence.

Join the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) Housing Resource Center and the National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline) for a webinar featuring DVBeds on Thursday, April 16, 2026 from 3:00-4:00pm ET. DVBeds is an easy to use, web-based tool that provides real-time shelter bed availability for participating domestic violence and sexual assault organizations.

Sexual assault response is never the work of a single professional; it is a coordinated effort that requires trust, communication, and a shared commitment to centering survivors. One Case, Many Hands explores how collaboration among advocates, law enforcement, medical providers, prosecutors, and other community partners strengthens case integrity, reduces harm, and ensures survivors receive compassionate, comprehensive care.

This Vital Subjects webinar is designed to educate participants about the unique challenges faced by victims who have pets; the correlation between animal abuse, interpersonal violence, and child abuse; and the importance of providing safe havens for both humans and their pets.

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.