Conference on Crimes Against Women
What is the Conference on Crimes Against Women?
The Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW) is an annual event in Dallas, Texas dedicated to addressing and combating all forms of crimes against women. It serves as a platform for first responders, law enforcement, advocates, and other professionals to gather, share knowledge, and collaborate on strategies to prevent and respond to these crimes. CCAW offers more than 200 workshops, case studies and hands-on computer labs taught by local and national experts who explore the various facets of these heinous crimes and provide the most cutting-edge, relevant and creative tools that attendees can implement in their professions. Drawing 3,000 attendees annually, CCAW is the only conference that addresses ALL crimes against women with a multidisciplinary focus that encourages a coordinated community response.
Alongside the main conference, CCAW now includes initiatives like the CCAW Summit: Beyond the Bounds, which focuses on specialized issues within the realm of gender-based violence, and the National Training Center on Crimes Against Women (NTCCAW), which provides ongoing education and resources for professionals. Additionally, the Institute for Coordinated Community Response (ICCR) works with rural communities to develop collaborative, effective responses to domestic violence, while the Podcast on Crimes Against Women (PCAW) offers a platform to share insights and stories that raise awareness. Together, these programs help create a multi-faceted approach to combating crimes against women, fostering collaboration and supporting continued learning across various sectors.
CCAW is more than just a conference.
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Institute for Coordinated Community Response
Powered by the Conference on Crimes Against Women, the Institute for Coordinated Community Response (ICCR) provides webinars, online trainings and a library of resources to ensure that every community across the United States, no matter how small, receives the training they need and deserve to provide justice for victims and hold offenders accountable.
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Podcast on Crimes Against Women
The Podcast on Crimes Against Women (PCAW) serves as an extension of the information and topics presented at the annual Conference, providing in-depth dialogue, fresh perspectives, and relevant updates by experts in the fields of victim advocacy, criminal justice, medicine, and more. This podcast’s format hopes to create a space for topical conversations aimed to engage and educate community members on the issue of violence against women, how it impacts our daily lives, and how we can work together to create lasting cultural and systemic change.
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Conference on Crimes Against Women Summit
The CCAW Summit: Beyond the Bounds serves as an extension of the Conference on Crimes Against Women to highlight the specific gender-based challenges that are unique to coastal cities, rural towns, and resort communities. Victims and survivors of these areas are confronted with geographic isolation and transportation issues as well as a lack of anonymity and limited access to resources and services.
Save the date for this year’s CCAW Summit in South Padre Island, Texas from September 22-23, 2025. Registration coming soon!
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National Training Center for Crimes Against Women
A program of Conference on Crimes Against Women, The National Training Center supports the mission of the organization to provide a national forum to disseminate the highest level of training, information, and strategies to professionals who are responders and advocates to victims of the many and varied forms of crimes against women.