VAWnet Event Calendar

Gain the knowledge and skills to create and facilitate effective, emotionally intelligent meetings. Learn how to design agendas and activities that foster productive collaboration, while also responding to group dynamics and strong emotions that often arise during discussions on equity. Through practical strategies and frameworks, you'll gain the tools to guide teams toward deeper engagement, stronger connections, and more effective decision-making. Perfect for leaders and facilitators seeking to create spaces where all voices are heard and equity-driven work can thrive.

For better or worse, media coverage of crime is here to stay. Crime survivors and victim advocates know the media glare can be unwelcome and intrusive. There are also times it can be useful, such as renewing investigators’ attention on unsolved crimes or raising awareness of victims’ issues and resources for survivors. The National Center for Victims of Crime has published a guide to help victims and advocates navigate media coverage.

Join NYSCADV on May 28 and 29, 2025, for our second annual Economic Empowerment Summit, where we explore economic justice as a tool for survivors to rebuild independence and financial security after abuse. The summit will focus on providing advocates with skills and tools to equip survivors with tools for economic independence, workforce development and the complex interplay between financial and mental well-being.

Save The Date! 30th San Diego International Summit on Violence, Abuse and Trauma Across the Lifespan: Working Together to Promote Well-being

The National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence is now the Futures Without Violence Conference on Health! It’s a new name, but our commitment remains the same: to bring together health professionals, advocates, researchers, survivors, and policymakers to highlight cutting edge research and practice, and systems change to address domestic and sexual violence, with a focus on violence prevention, promoting health equity, and building community resilience.

The world’s largest Conference by and for women’s shelters, and those working to end gender-based violence, is heading to the southern hemisphere for the first time! 5WCWS will give a massive boost to the common goal: to end all violence against women globally. The primary objective of the 5WCWS is to provide a platform for learning and sharing experiences. The goal of this exchange is to contribute to a worldwide systemic approach to ending violence against women and their children, in order to increase the safety, independence, and strength of women worldwide.