For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

The Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept (PVIC) is ECLIPSE's practice model developed through lived and practice experience. PVIC raises awareness of coercive control as an overarching family violence tactic.

In this course, attendees will:

• Obtain a deeper understanding of ECLIPSE's Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept
• Develop knowledge of resistance strategies and how victims resist coercive control and family violence every day
• Understand the importance of self-determination strategies, dignity-enhancing practice, and empathetic connection as steps to a healing pathway
• Grow in awareness and knowledge of the guidelines for identifying and navigating coercive control as an overarching family violence tactic
• Be provided with practice tools and guidelines developed by victim-survivors and are embedded with and informed by the voice of lived experience of family violence.

Please direct all queries to the organisers.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

The Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept (PVIC) is ECLIPSE's practice model developed through lived and practice experience. PVIC raises awareness of coercive control as an overarching family violence tactic.

In this course, attendees will:

• Obtain a deeper understanding of ECLIPSE's Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept
• Develop knowledge of resistance strategies and how victims resist coercive control and family violence every day
• Understand the importance of self-determination strategies, dignity-enhancing practice, and empathetic connection as steps to a healing pathway
• Grow in awareness and knowledge of the guidelines for identifying and navigating coercive control as an overarching family violence tactic
• Be provided with practice tools and guidelines developed by victim-survivors and are embedded with and informed by the voice of lived experience of family violence.

Please direct all queries to the organisers.

To learn more and to register, visit Safeguarding Children's training calendar.

This training is intended as an introduction or refresher to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what to do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to children and young people, tamariki and rangatahi. Attendees will gain confidence in the actions they need to take when worried about a child or young person.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

To learn more and to register, visit Safeguarding Children's training calendar.

This training is intended as an introduction or refresher to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what to do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to children and young people, tamariki and rangatahi. Attendees will gain confidence in the actions they need to take when worried about a child or young person.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This interactive, online training module will assist professionals to effectively identify, understand and resist invitations to collude with men who use family violence.

Participants who attend this training will be able to:

• Explain the causes, mechanisms, and purpose of family violence
• Explore perpetrator accountability
• Identify core beliefs held by men who use violence
• Identify 'smoke screens' used to conceal violence
• Use invitational approaches to build rapport and enhance reflection
• Understand the nature of collusion and how to resist invitations to collude
• Examine shame and values
• Motivate change and referral readiness
• Understand safety planning and referral pathways

Anchor Collective offer all of their specialist Family Violence training packages to organisations on a fee-for-service basis, both online and in-person, across Australia and Aotearoa.

For questions related to this training or their fee-for-service training options, please contact the organisers directly: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This interactive, online training module will assist professionals to effectively identify, understand and resist invitations to collude with men who use family violence.

Participants who attend this training will be able to:

• Explain the causes, mechanisms, and purpose of family violence
• Explore perpetrator accountability
• Identify core beliefs held by men who use violence
• Identify 'smoke screens' used to conceal violence
• Use invitational approaches to build rapport and enhance reflection
• Understand the nature of collusion and how to resist invitations to collude
• Examine shame and values
• Motivate change and referral readiness
• Understand safety planning and referral pathways

Anchor Collective offer all of their specialist Family Violence training packages to organisations on a fee-for-service basis, both online and in-person, across Australia and Aotearoa.

For questions related to this training or their fee-for-service training options, please contact the organisers directly: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This webinar is designed to raise awareness and deepen understanding of child protection issues specific to early childhood education in Aotearoa. Participants will gain essential knowledge and practical guidance to help safeguard children and respond appropriately to concerns.

Key topics include:

• The context and prevalence of child abuse in New Zealand
• Risk factors associated with early childhood
• Recognising signs and indicators of abuse
• Responding sensitively and effectively to a child’s disclosure
• What to expect when reporting abuse to statutory agencies

This session is ideal for anyone working in early childhood education, including centre managers, teachers, and support staff.

For all queries, please contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This webinar is designed to raise awareness and deepen understanding of child protection issues specific to early childhood education in Aotearoa. Participants will gain essential knowledge and practical guidance to help safeguard children and respond appropriately to concerns.

Key topics include:

• The context and prevalence of child abuse in New Zealand
• Risk factors associated with early childhood
• Recognising signs and indicators of abuse
• Responding sensitively and effectively to a child’s disclosure
• What to expect when reporting abuse to statutory agencies

This session is ideal for anyone working in early childhood education, including centre managers, teachers, and support staff.

For all queries, please contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

In July, Tāhono launched the Safety Planning Toolkit,  a practical resource designed to help organisations and individuals understand the risks they face, prepare for potential incidents, and respond when online harm occurs.

In this webinar, toolkit author Nicole Skews-Poole will introduce the resource and show how it can be used.

Webinar attendees will learn how the toolkit can help them:

• understand the risks they and their organisations face
• prepare for targeted harassment and false information
• create a safety plan using scenario mapping
• develop an escalation plan for responding to incidents
• strengthen personal and organisational digital security
• include wellbeing in their safety planning.

Please direct all questions to the organisers.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

In July, Tāhono launched the Safety Planning Toolkit,  a practical resource designed to help organisations and individuals understand the risks they face, prepare for potential incidents, and respond when online harm occurs.

In this webinar, toolkit author Nicole Skews-Poole will introduce the resource and show how it can be used.

Webinar attendees will learn how the toolkit can help them:

• understand the risks they and their organisations face
• prepare for targeted harassment and false information
• create a safety plan using scenario mapping
• develop an escalation plan for responding to incidents
• strengthen personal and organisational digital security
• include wellbeing in their safety planning.

Please direct all questions to the organisers.

For more information and to register, visit the conference page.

Whakamanawa is a conference that inspires, encourages, and connects, bringing kotahitanga across the whole social sector of Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s about uniting collective knowledge, skills, and passion so all return to their communities and hapori refreshed, ready to continue making a real difference.

Please direct all queries to the organisers.

For more information and to register, visit the conference page.

Whakamanawa is a conference that inspires, encourages, and connects, bringing kotahitanga across the whole social sector of Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s about uniting collective knowledge, skills, and passion so all return to their communities and hapori refreshed, ready to continue making a real difference.

Please direct all queries to the organisers.

For more information and to register for the online training, visit the webinar event page. For in-person training, visit the workshop event page.

This workshop focuses on understanding the concept of vulnerability and explores factors that contribute to vulnerability, risk and child abuse. Participants will learn how to identify when children and young people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect, and how to intervene early.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register for the online training, visit the webinar event page. For in-person training, visit the workshop event page.

This workshop focuses on understanding the concept of vulnerability and explores factors that contribute to vulnerability, risk and child abuse. Participants will learn how to identify when children and young people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect, and how to intervene early.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

Prerequisite: Level 1 Introductory Training or relevant on the job knowledge or experience.

Using case-based learning, attendees will learn how to make in-depth risk assessments and develop safe strategies and plans to provide effective and useful support mechanisms to people experiencing family violence.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand Response-based practice (RBP) as an approach to engagement with clients
• Explore the complexity of risk and how to make accurate assessments
• Develop ways of tailored safety strategising that provide effective and useful support to people experiencing violence.

For any queries about training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

Prerequisite: Level 1 Introductory Training or relevant on the job knowledge or experience.

Using case-based learning, attendees will learn how to make in-depth risk assessments and develop safe strategies and plans to provide effective and useful support mechanisms to people experiencing family violence.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand Response-based practice (RBP) as an approach to engagement with clients
• Explore the complexity of risk and how to make accurate assessments
• Develop ways of tailored safety strategising that provide effective and useful support to people experiencing violence.

For any queries about training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

This event brings together three organizations advancing work at the intersection of boys and young men, digital spaces and gender-based violence prevention. Drawing on approaches that include online community building, youth-centred education, digital media and public engagement, presenters will share insights from their work to foster healthy masculinities, strengthen young people’s critical engagement with online content and contribute to safer and more inclusive digital communities.

By attending this Special Event, participants will be better able to:

• Describe how digital spaces can shape young people’s understandings of gender, masculinity, relationships and violence
• Identify promising approaches for engaging boys and young men in digital gender-based violence prevention
• Recognize strategies for fostering belonging, critical reflection and healthier interactions in online communities
• Identify ways that lessons from the featured projects could inform prevention, education and youth-serving practice in different contexts

This event will be presented in English, with simultaneous French interpretation and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. Recordings in English, French, and ASL will be available following the event here.

For all queries, please contact the organiser at: gbvln@uwo.ca.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

This event brings together three organizations advancing work at the intersection of boys and young men, digital spaces and gender-based violence prevention. Drawing on approaches that include online community building, youth-centred education, digital media and public engagement, presenters will share insights from their work to foster healthy masculinities, strengthen young people’s critical engagement with online content and contribute to safer and more inclusive digital communities.

By attending this Special Event, participants will be better able to:

• Describe how digital spaces can shape young people’s understandings of gender, masculinity, relationships and violence
• Identify promising approaches for engaging boys and young men in digital gender-based violence prevention
• Recognize strategies for fostering belonging, critical reflection and healthier interactions in online communities
• Identify ways that lessons from the featured projects could inform prevention, education and youth-serving practice in different contexts

This event will be presented in English, with simultaneous French interpretation and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. Recordings in English, French, and ASL will be available following the event here.

For all queries, please contact the organiser at: gbvln@uwo.ca.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

Join members of the Whāraurau youth advisory team and the National Youth Consumer Advisor Network (NYCAN) for this one-hour online session exploring current issues affecting young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

The session aims to create space for honest conversation and will encourage participants to reflect on how incorporating youth perspectives can strengthen everyday practice.

Presenters will share national youth perspectives on topics such as:

• What young people value most in mental health and addiction services
• Barriers to accessing support
• How we can make services feel safe, welcoming, and relevant for young people
• The emerging issues impacting young people, including social media, housing, cost of living, identity, belonging, and connection
• How services can partner more effectively with young people

Please direct all queries to the organiser: coordinator@wharaurau.org.nz.

For more information and to register, see the event page.

Join members of the Whāraurau youth advisory team and the National Youth Consumer Advisor Network (NYCAN) for this one-hour online session exploring current issues affecting young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

The session aims to create space for honest conversation and will encourage participants to reflect on how incorporating youth perspectives can strengthen everyday practice.

Presenters will share national youth perspectives on topics such as:

• What young people value most in mental health and addiction services
• Barriers to accessing support
• How we can make services feel safe, welcoming, and relevant for young people
• The emerging issues impacting young people, including social media, housing, cost of living, identity, belonging, and connection
• How services can partner more effectively with young people

Please direct all queries to the organiser: coordinator@wharaurau.org.nz.

For more information and to register, please visit the official conference webpage.

The SVRI Forum 2026 is currently accepting abstract submission. The call for abstracts ends 30 January 2026.

The SVRI Forum is a global conference on research, evidence, and solutions to prevent and respond to violence against women (VAW), violence against children (VAC), and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV).

Held every two years, this action-driven event brings together over 1,500 global stakeholders, researchers, practitioners, survivors, policymakers, funders, and activists to share cutting-edge research, challenge the status quo, and co-create solutions for a world free from violence.

SVRI Forum 2026 is co-hosted by the Southeast Asia Gender-Based Violence Prevention Platform and the UN Joint Programme, through UN Women and UNFPA.

Conference Themes (More information on the themes below is available on the conference website):

1. Understanding Root Causes, Risks and Protective Factors of Violence
2. Strengthening Prevention Strategies
3. Strengthening Response Services
4. The Role of Technology in Perpetuating and Preventing Violence
5. Strengthening the Science: Research Methods, Scaling, and Practice-Based Knowledge
6. Using Research for Advocacy and Policy Change
7. Building a Healthy Evidence Ecosystem

Please direct all queries to the organisers: svri@svri.org.

For more information and to register, please visit the official conference webpage.

The SVRI Forum 2026 is currently accepting abstract submission. The call for abstracts ends 30 January 2026.

The SVRI Forum is a global conference on research, evidence, and solutions to prevent and respond to violence against women (VAW), violence against children (VAC), and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV).

Held every two years, this action-driven event brings together over 1,500 global stakeholders, researchers, practitioners, survivors, policymakers, funders, and activists to share cutting-edge research, challenge the status quo, and co-create solutions for a world free from violence.

SVRI Forum 2026 is co-hosted by the Southeast Asia Gender-Based Violence Prevention Platform and the UN Joint Programme, through UN Women and UNFPA.

Conference Themes (More information on the themes below is available on the conference website):

1. Understanding Root Causes, Risks and Protective Factors of Violence
2. Strengthening Prevention Strategies
3. Strengthening Response Services
4. The Role of Technology in Perpetuating and Preventing Violence
5. Strengthening the Science: Research Methods, Scaling, and Practice-Based Knowledge
6. Using Research for Advocacy and Policy Change
7. Building a Healthy Evidence Ecosystem

Please direct all queries to the organisers: svri@svri.org.

For more information and to register, visit Connect to Protect.

Connect to Protect – Children & Youth at Risk Conference is an international forum dedicated to strengthening child protection and improving outcomes for vulnerable children, adolescents, and young people. Organised by IASIS NGO, the conference brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and organisations working across sectors to address the most pressing challenges affecting children and youth today.

Please direct all enquiries to the conference organisers.

For more information and to register, visit Connect to Protect.

Connect to Protect – Children & Youth at Risk Conference is an international forum dedicated to strengthening child protection and improving outcomes for vulnerable children, adolescents, and young people. Organised by IASIS NGO, the conference brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and organisations working across sectors to address the most pressing challenges affecting children and youth today.

Please direct all enquiries to the conference organisers.