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

By combining the presenters, Louise and Debbs', lived experiences of both family and sexual violence, with their specialist practice knowledge, skills and capability, the true position of sexual violence in family violence perpetration will be exposed. With an increase in awareness of indicators of sexual violence within family violence, the intersection between the two can no longer be overlooked. Sexual violence can and is a form of family violence, and with increased practitioner knowledge, the voices of primary victims of family and sexual violence will be recognised.

Through attending this course attendees will:

• Obtain a deeper understanding of both sexual violence and family violence indicators and impacts.
• Learn about current and relevant sexual violence and family violence legislation, court processes, and effective support strategies.
• Obtain a deeper understanding of sexual violence in the context of Family Violence and how this is often missed, minimised or misunderstood as family violence.
• Gain understanding of coercive control as a tactic to coerce primary victims of family violence into acts of sexual violence.
• Develop knowledge of resistance strategies and how victims resist family and sexual violence through acts of active submission and active compliance.
• Be provided with practice tools and guidelines developed by victim-survivors and that are embedded with and informed by the voice of lived experience of sexual and family violence.

Please direct all questions to the organiser.

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

By combining the presenters, Louise and Debbs', lived experiences of both family and sexual violence, with their specialist practice knowledge, skills and capability, the true position of sexual violence in family violence perpetration will be exposed. With an increase in awareness of indicators of sexual violence within family violence, the intersection between the two can no longer be overlooked. Sexual violence can and is a form of family violence, and with increased practitioner knowledge, the voices of primary victims of family and sexual violence will be recognised.

Through attending this course attendees will:

• Obtain a deeper understanding of both sexual violence and family violence indicators and impacts.
• Learn about current and relevant sexual violence and family violence legislation, court processes, and effective support strategies.
• Obtain a deeper understanding of sexual violence in the context of Family Violence and how this is often missed, minimised or misunderstood as family violence.
• Gain understanding of coercive control as a tactic to coerce primary victims of family violence into acts of sexual violence.
• Develop knowledge of resistance strategies and how victims resist family and sexual violence through acts of active submission and active compliance.
• Be provided with practice tools and guidelines developed by victim-survivors and that are embedded with and informed by the voice of lived experience of sexual and family violence.

Please direct all questions to the organiser.

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

This training webinar is aimed at helping anyone working with children and young people who may be victims or survivors of sexual exploitation to recognise and respond to this issue. The training will cover:

• what in-person and digital sexual exploitation of children looks like in Aotearoa
• key concepts and definitions
• risk factors and what to look for
• barriers to disclosure and identification
• how sexual exploitation affects tamariki and rangatahi
• trauma informed practice
• the current legislative framework

As part of this training, attendees will receive free access to our online self-led foundational course. Please follow the link in your registration confirmation email to complete this course before the live workshop.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

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

This training webinar is aimed at helping anyone working with children and young people who may be victims or survivors of sexual exploitation to recognise and respond to this issue. The training will cover:

• what in-person and digital sexual exploitation of children looks like in Aotearoa
• key concepts and definitions
• risk factors and what to look for
• barriers to disclosure and identification
• how sexual exploitation affects tamariki and rangatahi
• trauma informed practice
• the current legislative framework

As part of this training, attendees will receive free access to our online self-led foundational course. Please follow the link in your registration confirmation email to complete this course before the live workshop.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

To register, email office@homebuilderswpt.co.nz

This workshop follows on from the earlier Family Violence kite and toolbox session held in October last year. It is based on the in-flight emergency principle: “Fit on your own oxygen mask before attempting to help anyone else put it on” The presenter, Andy Giblin, encourages participants to take a look at themselves while professionally engaged in helping others. In the process he demonstrates how the tools used with clients (some of which he introduced in Session #1) are universally applicable. This training invites practitioners to self-reflect and strengthen their own foundations while developing their clinical framework.

The workshop will start with a recap of the first session in 2025 wherein Andy gave an overview of the dynamics of family violence and provided skills and resources to respond to and support victims of family violence.

Venue: Westport Bridge Club, 12A Lyndhurst Street, Westport.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: kfhp@homebuilderswpt.co.nz

To register, email office@homebuilderswpt.co.nz

This workshop follows on from the earlier Family Violence kite and toolbox session held in October last year. It is based on the in-flight emergency principle: “Fit on your own oxygen mask before attempting to help anyone else put it on” The presenter, Andy Giblin, encourages participants to take a look at themselves while professionally engaged in helping others. In the process he demonstrates how the tools used with clients (some of which he introduced in Session #1) are universally applicable. This training invites practitioners to self-reflect and strengthen their own foundations while developing their clinical framework.

The workshop will start with a recap of the first session in 2025 wherein Andy gave an overview of the dynamics of family violence and provided skills and resources to respond to and support victims of family violence.

Venue: Westport Bridge Club, 12A Lyndhurst Street, Westport.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: kfhp@homebuilderswpt.co.nz

For more information and to register, visit the ECPAT's Training page.

This course is designed to equip front-line workers in Aotearoa with the essential knowledge and skills to tackle the online sex exploitation of young people. By delving into global research, local context and best practice, this course offers a comprehensive understanding and practical strategies to safeguard vulnerable taiohi.

The self-taught online pre-training learning module will be accessible for 90 days after you register, and covers five chapters that explain:

• key definitions and concepts
• barriers to disclosure
• impacts on victim-survivors
• the changing landscape of sexual exploitation
• systems, safeguards and practical steps to building a safer online world.

Following up from this, ECPAT Child Alert Engagement Facilitator will do a deeper dive into the topic over a 1-hour Teams webinar at the end of the month.

Direct all queries to the organiser: info@ecpat.org.nz.

For more information and to register, visit the ECPAT's Training page.

This course is designed to equip front-line workers in Aotearoa with the essential knowledge and skills to tackle the online sex exploitation of young people. By delving into global research, local context and best practice, this course offers a comprehensive understanding and practical strategies to safeguard vulnerable taiohi.

The self-taught online pre-training learning module will be accessible for 90 days after you register, and covers five chapters that explain:

• key definitions and concepts
• barriers to disclosure
• impacts on victim-survivors
• the changing landscape of sexual exploitation
• systems, safeguards and practical steps to building a safer online world.

Following up from this, ECPAT Child Alert Engagement Facilitator will do a deeper dive into the topic over a 1-hour Teams webinar at the end of the month.

Direct all queries to the organiser: info@ecpat.org.nz.

For more information and to register, visit the ECPAT Training page.

Embark on a learning journey to understand and combat in-person sexual exploitation with ECPAT's specialised course designed for front-line workers. Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to safeguard taiohi and create a positive impact in the community.

The self-taught online pre-learning module will be accessible for 90 days after you register, and covers five chapters that explain:

• key definitions and concepts
• risk and vulnerability
• disclosures, barriers, and how to respond
• long-term impacts on victim-survivors
• what your role can look like when supporting taiohi

Following up from this, Engagement Facilitator will do a deeper dive into the topic over a 1-hour Teams webinar at the end of the month.

Direct all queries to the organiser: info@ecpat.org.nz.

For more information and to register, visit the ECPAT Training page.

Embark on a learning journey to understand and combat in-person sexual exploitation with ECPAT's specialised course designed for front-line workers. Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to safeguard taiohi and create a positive impact in the community.

The self-taught online pre-learning module will be accessible for 90 days after you register, and covers five chapters that explain:

• key definitions and concepts
• risk and vulnerability
• disclosures, barriers, and how to respond
• long-term impacts on victim-survivors
• what your role can look like when supporting taiohi

Following up from this, Engagement Facilitator will do a deeper dive into the topic over a 1-hour Teams webinar at the end of the month.

Direct all queries to the organiser: info@ecpat.org.nz.

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

This webinar will begin with an overview of why family legal professionals should screen for FV, what holds them back and what screening tools will help standardize the process. Moving beyond screening, the panel will introduce a new online assessment guide––the e-SAFeR––that is designed to help family law professionals create parenting plan recommendations that account for FV and forefront the safety of the children and the parent who experienced FV.

By attending this webinar, participants will:

• Gain a better understanding of children’s best interests in family law cases where there has been family violence
• Enhance understanding of the importance of screening for family violence  in the context of family litigation
• Learn about a new guide for assessing the nature, severity and impact of family violence––the e-SAFeR

NOTE: This Webinar will run in English with simultaneous French and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. A Webinar recording will be made available after the Webinar. Register for the Webinar and receive an email when the recording is posted. See previous webinar recordings here.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: gbvln@uwo.ca

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

This webinar will begin with an overview of why family legal professionals should screen for FV, what holds them back and what screening tools will help standardize the process. Moving beyond screening, the panel will introduce a new online assessment guide––the e-SAFeR––that is designed to help family law professionals create parenting plan recommendations that account for FV and forefront the safety of the children and the parent who experienced FV.

By attending this webinar, participants will:

• Gain a better understanding of children’s best interests in family law cases where there has been family violence
• Enhance understanding of the importance of screening for family violence  in the context of family litigation
• Learn about a new guide for assessing the nature, severity and impact of family violence––the e-SAFeR

NOTE: This Webinar will run in English with simultaneous French and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. A Webinar recording will be made available after the Webinar. Register for the Webinar and receive an email when the recording is posted. See previous webinar recordings here.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: gbvln@uwo.ca

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

Safe and Equal's Prevention Foundations training is designed to build skills and knowledge, grow professional networks and empower attendees to drive meaningful change.

This course is delivered online in two 2-hour sessions over one day, providing a space for practitioners to learn, connect with and bolster their professional toolkits to promote equality, safety and respect.

Attendees will:

• Build understanding of the gendered and overlapping drivers that shape family and gender-based violence
• Build understanding of prevalence, impacts and nature of family and gender-based violence
• Build understanding of the prevention continuum
• Identify key essential actions that will contribute to the primary prevention of family and gender-based violence

Please direct all queries to the organiser at training@safeandequal.org.au

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

Safe and Equal's Prevention Foundations training is designed to build skills and knowledge, grow professional networks and empower attendees to drive meaningful change.

This course is delivered online in two 2-hour sessions over one day, providing a space for practitioners to learn, connect with and bolster their professional toolkits to promote equality, safety and respect.

Attendees will:

• Build understanding of the gendered and overlapping drivers that shape family and gender-based violence
• Build understanding of prevalence, impacts and nature of family and gender-based violence
• Build understanding of the prevention continuum
• Identify key essential actions that will contribute to the primary prevention of family and gender-based violence

Please direct all queries to the organiser at training@safeandequal.org.au

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

Hear from a diverse and informed panel about why the work of the UN matters for women and girls - what's been achieved, current issues, and what the future could and should look like.

Please direct all queries to the organisers: info@unwomen.org.nz

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

Hear from a diverse and informed panel about why the work of the UN matters for women and girls - what's been achieved, current issues, and what the future could and should look like.

Please direct all queries to the organisers: info@unwomen.org.nz

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, please visit the official event page.

These workshop help participants to develop a strong trauma-responsive practice focus. They are aimed at kaimahi newer to the social service sector, kaimahi who are new to trauma-responsive practice training, or those who want to refresh their knowledge in this area. It is led by Dr Nicola Atwool.

The first two sessions will provide a combination of information sharing and small group activities to allow a focus on implications for participants’ own practice. The third session will take place two weeks later and will begin with feedback from participants about their experience of implementing trauma-responsive practice. Challenges and barriers will be discussed and participants will have the opportunity to develop strategies to support implementation.

What attendees will learn:

• Overview of trauma-responsive practice
• Knowledge supporting trauma-responsive practice
• Skills supporting trauma-responsive practice
• Practice implications when working with different age groups
• Self-care
• Trauma-responsive work environments
• Challenges of implementing trauma-responsive practice
• Strategies to support implementation

Facilitator:

Dr. Nicola Atwool is a former Associate Professor in the Social and Community Work Programme at the University of Otago.

Please direct all inquiries to the organiser.

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

These workshop help participants to develop a strong trauma-responsive practice focus. They are aimed at kaimahi newer to the social service sector, kaimahi who are new to trauma-responsive practice training, or those who want to refresh their knowledge in this area. It is led by Dr Nicola Atwool.

The first two sessions will provide a combination of information sharing and small group activities to allow a focus on implications for participants’ own practice. The third session will take place two weeks later and will begin with feedback from participants about their experience of implementing trauma-responsive practice. Challenges and barriers will be discussed and participants will have the opportunity to develop strategies to support implementation.

What attendees will learn:

• Overview of trauma-responsive practice
• Knowledge supporting trauma-responsive practice
• Skills supporting trauma-responsive practice
• Practice implications when working with different age groups
• Self-care
• Trauma-responsive work environments
• Challenges of implementing trauma-responsive practice
• Strategies to support implementation

Facilitator:

Dr. Nicola Atwool is a former Associate Professor in the Social and Community Work Programme at the University of Otago.

Please direct all inquiries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, see the Zoom sign up page.

New data from the California Violence Experiences (CalVEX) Survey offers a timely look at how Californians are experiencing violence, including experiences within the past year. These findings highlight patterns of violence, impacts on health and well-being, and how experiences vary across communities. Join VALOR and UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy to explore key findings and what they mean for strengthening prevention efforts across the state.

Please direct all questions to the organiser.

For more information and to register, see the Zoom sign up page.

New data from the California Violence Experiences (CalVEX) Survey offers a timely look at how Californians are experiencing violence, including experiences within the past year. These findings highlight patterns of violence, impacts on health and well-being, and how experiences vary across communities. Join VALOR and UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy to explore key findings and what they mean for strengthening prevention efforts across the state.

Please direct all questions to the organiser.

‍26 March 2026 - Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland session, register here. This is a paid session. Ticket purchase also comes with 12 months access to Te Kete Koha - ongoing online professional development sessions.

1 May 2026 - Ōtautahi | Christchurch session, register here. This is a paid session. Ticket purchase also comes with 12 months access to Te Kete Koha - ongoing online professional development sessions.

To see more from Hohou Te rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence, visit their Courses page.

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These full day, Te Tiriti-based trainings are for kaimahi in family violence, sexual violence and connected sectors.

Trainings aim to deepen understanding of how Takatāpui and Rainbow people are affected by violence and to improve systems and practice when working with victim-survivors. Participants will consider the impacts of stigma and discrimination, explore risk and protective factors and embed learnings into practice through groupwork and discussion.

For all queries, please contact the organiser: wellbeing@kahukura.co.nz.

‍26 March 2026 - Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland session, register here. This is a paid session. Ticket purchase also comes with 12 months access to Te Kete Koha - ongoing online professional development sessions.

1 May 2026 - Ōtautahi | Christchurch session, register here. This is a paid session. Ticket purchase also comes with 12 months access to Te Kete Koha - ongoing online professional development sessions.

To see more from Hohou Te rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence, visit their Courses page.

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These full day, Te Tiriti-based trainings are for kaimahi in family violence, sexual violence and connected sectors.

Trainings aim to deepen understanding of how Takatāpui and Rainbow people are affected by violence and to improve systems and practice when working with victim-survivors. Participants will consider the impacts of stigma and discrimination, explore risk and protective factors and embed learnings into practice through groupwork and discussion.

For all queries, please contact the organiser: wellbeing@kahukura.co.nz.