Empowering Beauty Workers in Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Abuse Identification
CERV-2024-DAPHNE
2020-1-SK01-KA226-VET-094428
999.145,17 €
01/05/2025 - 30/04/2027 (24 months)
Germany, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy
GBV-Watch Salons
GBV-Watch Salons aims to enable beauty professionals to play a key role in spotting early signs of domestic abuse and gender-based violence (GBV), and to support efforts in addressing these issues. The project focuses on providing ongoing education and training to help beauty workers recognize signs of abuse, engage in compassionate conversations, and guide victims toward appropriate support services. To support this goal, vocational beauty educators and beauty schools will be engaged and provided with a specialized training program designed to strengthen the skills of both current beauty professionals and students in identifying and responding to GBV cases.
Objectives of the project
• Develop and implement a comprehensive GBV Awareness Training Programme to educate beauty workers on recognizing and responding to signs of domestic abuse and gender-based violence (GBV).
• Create country-specific, non-interventional GBV Handling Guides tailored for beauty professionals to support victims safely and appropriately within their role.
• Offer advocacy for policy changes to formally recognize and support the role of beauty workers in combating GBV.
• Enhance existing screening methods by integrating non-traditional practitioners, such as beauty professionals, into the GBV prevention and early intervention framework, addressing a critical gap in current domestic violence response systems.
Expected Results
• National Standardised Non-Interventional GBV Handling Guides
• Conduction of Interviews with Beauty Workers
• Directory of National GBV Support Resources Tailored for Beauty Workers
• GBV Awareness and Identification Training Programme for Beauty Workers
• Strategy Blueprint for Mainstreaming GBV Training
• GBV-Watch Salons Network
• Pilot training for Beauty Workers & Students
• Online e-learning platform
• GBV Prevention & Awareness Campaign Kit
• 2 Info days events per partner country
• 2 local workshops per partner country
• Final Conference
Project Activities
WP1 – Project Management and Coordination
WP2 – Empowerment of Beauty Workers to Engage into Existing GBV Prevention and Identification Frameworks and Standard Operating Procedures
WP3 – Design and Delivery of Training Program
WP4 – Impact for Institutional Reform
WP5 – Enhancing GBV Awareness and Visibility Through Strategic Dissemination and Exploitation
Project Partners
- EUROPAISCHER VERBAND BERUFLICHER BILDUNGSTRAGER (EVBB)
- AKMI ANONIMI EKPAIDEFTIKI ETAIRIA (AKMI)
- SYMPLEXIS (SYMPLEXIS)
- INSTITOUTO MIKRON EPICHIRISEON GENIKIS SYNOMOSPONDIAS EPAGGELMATION BIOTECHNON EMPORON ELLADOS IMEGSEBEE (GSEVEE SMALL ENTERPRISES' INSTITUTE (IME GSEVEE)
- INSTITUTUL DE CERCETARE A CALITATII VIETII (Research Institute for Quality of Life (ICCV)
- CENTRUL DE FORMARE PROFESIONALA, ORIENTARE, CONSILIERE SI PLASARE A FORTEI DE MUNCA 'FORMATEMP' (FORMATEMP)
- CAMERA DE COMERT SI INDUSTRIE A ROMANIEI (CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF ROMANIA - CCIR)
- DAYANA - H OOD (DAYANA - X LLC)
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SMALL ANDMEDIUM BUSINESS (NASMB)
- APRO FORMAZIONE SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA (APRO FORMAZIONE)
- Confartigianato Imprese Associazione Artigiani della Provincia di Cuneo (CUNEO)
- BK CONSULT GMBH (BK CONSULT GMBH)
