About Week Without Violence
Every October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, YWCA USA leads Week Without Violence (WWV), a national signature campaign that mobilizes communities to raise awareness, inspire action, and advance solutions to end gender-based violence.
In 2026, YWCA USA will shine a spotlight on a critical reality: young people are disproportionately impacted by intimate partner violence, sexual assault, grooming, and exploitation, yet their voices are often missing from conversations about prevention, healing, and systemic change. Through storytelling, education, and dialogue, Week Without Violence will create space for young people, survivors, advocates, and communities to come together to envision a future free from violence.
Join us from
October 19-23, 2026
Join us from
October 19-23, 2026
This year's campaign asks an essential question:
What do young people need not only to survive violence, but to heal, rebuild, and thrive?
Throughout Week Without Violence, YWCA USA will host a national virtual campaign featuring powerful storytelling, educational resources, youth-centered dialogue. Participants will gain tools to better understand the realities young people face and help create communities where everyone can feel safe, supported, and seen.
Whether you're a student, parent, educator, advocate, community leader, or ally, your voice matters.
Register today to follow the campaign, receive event updates, and access resources throughout the week.
Featured Campaign Partner: WATCH YOU RISE
This year's campaign will be anchored by the documentary WATCH YOU RISE, directed by Isabella Grace Cohn and Produced by Elizabeth Woodward and Marina Hunt. The film examines the lasting impact of sexual violence across generations while offering a powerful exploration of resilience, healing, and collective responsibility.
Through a national virtual event, participants will engage with clips from the film followed by a live conversation with the filmmakers and a roundtable discussion.
The film asks urgent questions that resonate deeply with young people today:
What do young people need not just to survive violence, but to heal, rebuild, and thrive?
What progress have we made in ending gender-based violence?
And what systemic changes are still needed to create safer communities?
Local YWCAs
Local YWCAs are essential partners in making Week Without Violence a nationwide movement.
By participating, your Association can engage your community in meaningful conversations, access national campaign resources, and help amplify youth voices in the movement to end gender-based violence.
Participating YWCAs will receive:
Advocacy and educational resources
Discussion and screening guides
Social media toolkit and campaign assets
Opportunities to connect local activities with national programming
Let Us Know You're Participating
Complete the form below to indicate your association's participation in Week Without Violence 2026.
Join thousands of advocates, supporters, educators, community leaders, and young people across the country during Week Without Violence 2026.
Sign up to follow the campaign and be part of the movement.
Rise Together. End Violence Together.
Get Help
YWCA reaches approximately 1 million women, girls, and their families through 194 local associations in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
We provide critical programs, including domestic and sexual violence services, through 12,500 staff members and 52,000 volunteers.
Find a YWCA
http://www.ywca.org/findaywNational Domestic Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TDD)National Sexual Assault Hotline:
1-800-656-HOPE (4673)Find a Shelter
http://www.domesticshelters.org/
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