After having been immersed in public health prevention for almost three decades, I celebrated my one-year anniversary working in sexual violence prevention with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) at the 2025 National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC).  What a wonderful opportunity NSAC was to learn, share and connect! NSVRC sponsored a Prevention track of...

NSVRC was honored to have Dr. Sarah DeGue speak at our RPE Evaluator Community of Practice about lessons learned in evaluating prevention programs. This blog post provides a recap of the highlights from that discussion and is reprinted with permission from the author. You can view the original blog here and learn more about the work of...

Please join us for the webinar series, Nothing Without Us: Exploring Disability Justice, Access, and Art in Public Health, led by our colleagues at the Nothing Without Us Collective.  This three-part webinar series invites preventionists, advocates, and public health professionals to reimagine violence prevention through the lens of Disability Justice. Each session builds on the...

  NSVRC is partnering with Phoenix Gender-Based Violence Lab to conduct research for a trauma-informed needs assessment that addresses the needs, experiences, and priorities of survivors and their communities. About the Study The goal of this study is to better understand the current needs, challenges, and strengths within communities when it comes to supporting people...

With much anticipation, registration is open for the National Sexual Assault Conference (NSAC) in Anaheim, California on August 26-28, 2025. The newly-established Sexual Assault Capacity Building Centers (SACBCs), created by Respect Together and the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, are collaborating to provide opportunities for learning at the conference. The SACBCs are funded through...

Check out the most-read NSVRC blogs in 2024.  Each blog is on a unique topic related to sexual violence.  Below you will find the top five blogs from 2024 and the top five blogs that readers still enjoy.   The top 5 NSVRC blog posts that were published in 2024 are:  Taylor Swift and the...

NSVRC Director Jennifer Grove discusses the lasting importance of the theme for this year’s edition of The Resource, “Sexual Violence and Sexual Health Outside the Gender Binary.”

NSVRC is committed to continuing the ongoing conversation about gender equity in the sexual violence prevention movement, especially as it relates to gender minorities. For the theme of this issue of The Resource, we emphasize that the systemic, social, and interpersonal oppression against transgender, non-binary, intersex, and other gender minorities have the direct consequence of...

In this episode, we talk with Anne Smith and Diana González about Amplify. Amplify is a national project of the Vermont Network focused on strengthening collective leadership to mobilize a more powerful movement to end gender-based violence. Participants:  Sally J. Laskey, Evaluation Coordinator, National Sexual Violence Resource Center Anne Smith, Director of Training and Leadership...

  Public transportation is one of the most common environments where people sexually harass and abuse others. There are a number of factors that contribute to this frequency, including perceptions of anonymity, crowded conditions, and the momentary nature of public transportation where someone may be able to leave before the victim even realizes what happened....