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Our Calendar lists events from organisations all over Aotearoa and internationally that focus on sexual violence, family violence and related areas. These events provide professional development for people working to address violence. Events include training, seminars, webinars, workshops, hui, fono, forums, conferences. For more information or to add your event see our event submission information.

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Disclaimer: Listing of training and other events does not constitute endorsement by Vine. Information is as provided by the organiser. For further information or queries about training or events, please contact the organiser using the links or contact details provided.

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ECLIPSE's Child Protection and Family Violence training course provides participants with a greater understanding of child protection when family violence exists. This course will introduce you to important aspects of child protection, the complexities produced by family violence, legislation, and practitioner obligations and responses.

Course Outcomes:

  • Be introduced to the dynamics and impacts of family violence and child abuse
  • Have a greater understanding of child development and the effects of family violence on children's development
  • Learn about the impacts of family violence on parenting and the protective nature of relationships
  • Be exposed to legislation relating to family violence and child protection
  • Learn about how practitioners can respond to concerns for children when family violence exists, including how to work with Oranga Tamariki
  • Grow in your knowledge and confidence to work with whānau when there are concerns for the safety or wellbeing of children.

For all questions, please contact the organiser.

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

ECLIPSE's Child Protection and Family Violence training course provides participants with a greater understanding of child protection when family violence exists. This course will introduce you to important aspects of child protection, the complexities produced by family violence, legislation, and practitioner obligations and responses.

Course Outcomes:

  • Be introduced to the dynamics and impacts of family violence and child abuse
  • Have a greater understanding of child development and the effects of family violence on children's development
  • Learn about the impacts of family violence on parenting and the protective nature of relationships
  • Be exposed to legislation relating to family violence and child protection
  • Learn about how practitioners can respond to concerns for children when family violence exists, including how to work with Oranga Tamariki
  • Grow in your knowledge and confidence to work with whānau when there are concerns for the safety or wellbeing of children.

For all questions, please contact the organiser.

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

This Shine DVFREE training aims to prepare the ‘First Responders’ in any organisation to provide safe and effective support for employees experiencing domestic and family violence, while maintaining professional boundaries.

This Training will prepare ‘First Responders’ to:

  • Understand the role of a First Responder and its boundaries.
  • Practise responding to people experiencing family violence using the Six Step Response Tool
  • Broadly understand accountability and support for change for employees who use domestic violence.

For more information, please contact the organisers: phone 09 815 4601 (option 4) or email dvfree@2shine.org.nz.

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

This Shine DVFREE training aims to prepare the ‘First Responders’ in any organisation to provide safe and effective support for employees experiencing domestic and family violence, while maintaining professional boundaries.

This Training will prepare ‘First Responders’ to:

  • Understand the role of a First Responder and its boundaries.
  • Practise responding to people experiencing family violence using the Six Step Response Tool
  • Broadly understand accountability and support for change for employees who use domestic violence.

For more information, please contact the organisers: phone 09 815 4601 (option 4) or email dvfree@2shine.org.nz.

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More information and to register, please visit the event page.

This workshop aims to equip family violence responders' with the knowledge to understand, identify and disrupt Institutional Systems Abuse in the context of Systemic Coercive Control.

Key Learnings Include:

  1. Understanding Systems Abuse and the various tactics used within these abuse forms
  2. Informed – Reflects on models of understanding and offers a deconstruction of Social Entrapment Theory, moving beyond the framing of institutional harm as inadvertent or indifferent
  3. Applied – This section introduces the pathways of harmful responses
  4. Accountable – Takes a closer look at our ethical responsibilities as responders, to ourselves and to others.

For all queries, please contact the organiser: hello@jacki.co.nz.

More information and to register, please visit the event page.

This workshop aims to equip family violence responders' with the knowledge to understand, identify and disrupt Institutional Systems Abuse in the context of Systemic Coercive Control.

Key Learnings Include:

  1. Understanding Systems Abuse and the various tactics used within these abuse forms
  2. Informed – Reflects on models of understanding and offers a deconstruction of Social Entrapment Theory, moving beyond the framing of institutional harm as inadvertent or indifferent
  3. Applied – This section introduces the pathways of harmful responses
  4. Accountable – Takes a closer look at our ethical responsibilities as responders, to ourselves and to others.

For all queries, please contact the organiser: hello@jacki.co.nz.

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

This conference will bring together the insights of people with lived experience, policymakers, advocates, practitioners and researchers. Attendees will learn from one another and collaborate across the spectrum of prevention, early intervention, response, and recovery and healing to further the goal of ending family violence in Australia.

No to Violence are hosting this event in collaboration with Stopping Family Violence and SPEAQ.

Please direct all inquiries to the organiser: events@ntv.org.au.

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

This conference will bring together the insights of people with lived experience, policymakers, advocates, practitioners and researchers. Attendees will learn from one another and collaborate across the spectrum of prevention, early intervention, response, and recovery and healing to further the goal of ending family violence in Australia.

No to Violence are hosting this event in collaboration with Stopping Family Violence and SPEAQ.

Please direct all inquiries to the organiser: events@ntv.org.au.

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

This Change the story presentation provides a brief, high-level overview of Change the story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia, covering:

  • Our Watch's vision for a safe, respectful, equal world
  • what gets in the way of achieving this
  • actions you can take to change the story and prevent violence against women.

This foundational introduction is for people who are new to Change the story or primary prevention work.

Please direct all questions to the organiser: training@ourwatch.org.au.

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

This Change the story presentation provides a brief, high-level overview of Change the story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia, covering:

  • Our Watch's vision for a safe, respectful, equal world
  • what gets in the way of achieving this
  • actions you can take to change the story and prevent violence against women.

This foundational introduction is for people who are new to Change the story or primary prevention work.

Please direct all questions to the organiser: training@ourwatch.org.au.

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

VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai will be hosting their first-ever national conference – Kōkiri – The Future Speaks – a mokopuna informed, future-focused gathering in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, NZ).

Exploring evidence based best practice and research, from both an indigenous and international perspective, this event will centre care-experienced rangatahi as leaders in the national conversation on care.

Bringing together care experienced taiohi, caregivers, kaimahi, providers, and both government and non-government sectors to connect, learn, and wānanga bold solutions for the future of care in Aotearoa.

This event is for care experienced rangatahi by care experienced rangatahi. VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai want to support as many rangatahi to attend as they can, so let them know if you'd like to attend but need financial help to do so.

If you are you in a position to contribute or sponsor care experienced rangatahi to attend, please email: youthparticipation@voyce.org.nz.

For all other inquiries, please contact the organiser at contactus@voyce.org.nz.

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

VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai will be hosting their first-ever national conference – Kōkiri – The Future Speaks – a mokopuna informed, future-focused gathering in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, NZ).

Exploring evidence based best practice and research, from both an indigenous and international perspective, this event will centre care-experienced rangatahi as leaders in the national conversation on care.

Bringing together care experienced taiohi, caregivers, kaimahi, providers, and both government and non-government sectors to connect, learn, and wānanga bold solutions for the future of care in Aotearoa.

This event is for care experienced rangatahi by care experienced rangatahi. VOYCE - Whakarongo Mai want to support as many rangatahi to attend as they can, so let them know if you'd like to attend but need financial help to do so.

If you are you in a position to contribute or sponsor care experienced rangatahi to attend, please email: youthparticipation@voyce.org.nz.

For all other inquiries, please contact the organiser at contactus@voyce.org.nz.

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

PreventX is Australia’s leading conference on the prevention of family and gender-based violence, bringing together practitioners to reflect, connect and explore how storytelling can drive meaningful and lasting change. The theme for PreventX 2026 is: "What stories of impact are we seeing in our work? And how can we use storytelling to make our work possible?"

This conference is designed for anyone working to prevent family and gender-based violence who want to better understand and connect with prevention efforts.

The conference is an in-person event with an online component.

Please direct all questions to the organisers at prevention@safeandeuqal.org.au.

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

PreventX is Australia’s leading conference on the prevention of family and gender-based violence, bringing together practitioners to reflect, connect and explore how storytelling can drive meaningful and lasting change. The theme for PreventX 2026 is: "What stories of impact are we seeing in our work? And how can we use storytelling to make our work possible?"

This conference is designed for anyone working to prevent family and gender-based violence who want to better understand and connect with prevention efforts.

The conference is an in-person event with an online component.

Please direct all questions to the organisers at prevention@safeandeuqal.org.au.

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

This is a practical and interactive day which will help develop skills in safe, effective responses. The day will be facilitated by Shine RESPOND trainers alongside specialist guest speakers. The training builds understanding of how children experience family violence, coercive control and entrapment drawing on emerging research and practice in this field, alongside a child rights perspective under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

For all queries about Shine's training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

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

This is a practical and interactive day which will help develop skills in safe, effective responses. The day will be facilitated by Shine RESPOND trainers alongside specialist guest speakers. The training builds understanding of how children experience family violence, coercive control and entrapment drawing on emerging research and practice in this field, alongside a child rights perspective under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

For all queries about Shine's training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

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

The Tech Abuse Conference 2026 will bring together 250 leading international stakeholders – including academics, policymakers, charities, and tech industry leaders – to explore emerging developments and collaborative responses to technology-facilitated gender-based violence and abuse.

For questions, contact the organisers at genderandtech@ucl.ac.uk.

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

The Tech Abuse Conference 2026 will bring together 250 leading international stakeholders – including academics, policymakers, charities, and tech industry leaders – to explore emerging developments and collaborative responses to technology-facilitated gender-based violence and abuse.

For questions, contact the organisers at genderandtech@ucl.ac.uk.

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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.

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For more information, visit the event page.

Ticket sales don't open until mid-2026 but pre-registration is currently available.

Decult 2026 is still accepting submissions for presentations, closing 31 December 2025.

Decult 2026 presents an opportunity for new voices in the cult survivor space, for professional networks for cult education, and for taking action to address human rights, social justice and mental health. Decult 2026 promises an enriching, stimulating and engaging experience held in a safe space that respects diversity.

Please direct all inquiries to the organiser: admin@decult.net.

For more information, visit the event page.

Ticket sales don't open until mid-2026 but pre-registration is currently available.

Decult 2026 is still accepting submissions for presentations, closing 31 December 2025.

Decult 2026 presents an opportunity for new voices in the cult survivor space, for professional networks for cult education, and for taking action to address human rights, social justice and mental health. Decult 2026 promises an enriching, stimulating and engaging experience held in a safe space that respects diversity.

Please direct all inquiries to the organiser: admin@decult.net.

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