Each April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) offers a powerful opportunity to not only affirm our efforts to prevent sexual abuse, assault, and harassment alongside our partners and fellow advocates—but also to to educate and welcome new voices to the movement.  At NSVRC we believe education is an essential foundation to not only understanding sexual...

Jayla gives an overview of NSVRC’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) 2025 campaign:Together We Act, United We Change. Participants: Jayla Murdock, NSVRC Prevention Campaign Specialist Learn more about the SAAM 2025 Campaign SAAM 2025: Weekly Themes to Inspire Action SAAM 2025 Proclamation SAAM Day of Action: April 1 SAAM 2025 Social Media Guidance #30DaysofSAAM2025 Instagram...

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). Use these resources to raise awareness and prevent teen dating violence in your community!

NSVRC talks with Just Detention International about the ways sexual violence impacts transgender and gender-expansive people during incarceration.

NSVRC staff worked with an advisory group of organizations and leaders at local, state, and national levels supporting Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American and Pacific Islander survivors of sexual violence to create this infographic, which highlights large-scale issues that are exacerbated by disasters and provides guiding questions and inspiration for how to prevent sexual...

Child sexual abuse is a significant but preventable public health problem. Child sexual abuse is an abuse of trust, power, and authority. It is a crime. One in four girls and one in 13 boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old1. Children who have been sexually abused might also experience verbal,...

This online course explores the basics of evaluation related to health equity and the primary prevention of sexual violence.

Preventing Sexual Violence in Disasters and Public Health Emergencies This infographic explores what disasters are and what they have to do with sexual violence.

This guide provides information to state and community-based sexual violence prevention educators and practitioners on preventing sexual violence against individuals who identify as LGBTQ+.

Before reaching out to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) communities, or trying to implement prevention strategies or survivor services, organizations should first assess their current organizational and individual capacity to appropriately engage with LGBTQ+ people in affirming ways.