VAWnet Event Calendar

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.

Led by BWJP’s National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit, this session explores new and emerging practices for serving protection orders, including electronic service. We’ll look at the latest guidance, highlight promising strategies, and discuss how to ensure these innovations meet the needs of survivors, communities, and justice partners alike.

Sexual violence and stalking are both prevalent, commonly misunderstood, and severely underreported victimizations. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, this webinar, presented by the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC) explores what multidisciplinary professionals need to know about the intersection of stalking and sexual violence. Victim support, criminal justice, and allied professionals are invited to learn about similarities, co-occurrence, and strategies to support victims and survivors of sexual violence and stalking.

In recognition of the widespread impact of vicarious trauma on legal services organizations serving survivors of sexual assault, VRLC recently created a Care Plan Template, which is a tool supervisors and staff can use to implement practices to help mitigate the impact of trauma exposure. During this webinar, VRLC's Maura Crossin will demo the new tool, discuss best practices for organization-wide implementation, and then walk through how to create effective care plans with staff. For questions regarding this training, please contact mdarcy@victimrights.org

In our data-hungry world, it’s important to consider how the information survivors share with us is being collected, stored, and shared. Good documentation practices are just as important as other privacy planning steps, such as digital safety planning and address confidentiality programs.