Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention
The Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention is part of the County Executive Division of Equity and Social Justice. As a policy office, we address issues related to preventing Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Violence, and Human Trafficking in Santa Clara County.
Office highlights
Domestic Violence Conference - Request for Workshop Proposals
The Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention is currently seeking workshop proposals for our 2025 Annual DV Conference. Each year, our conference brings together professionals and community members to connect, collaborate, and share ideas for responding to and preventing domestic violence.
2024 Santa Clara County Gender-Based Violence Study
This year, we started our first-ever County-Wide Study on Gender-Based Violence to better understand how intimate partner/domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual violence affect people in our county and to listen to those who have been impacted.
Awareness Months
We work to spotlight important issues in our community by campaigning to bring awareness to Human Trafficking in January, Teen Dating Violence in February, Sexual Assault in April, and Domestic Violence in October.