Empowering Beauty Professionals to Identify and Respond to Gender-Based Violence

Beauty salons are trusted and familiar environments where clients often open up. GBV Watch Salons equips beauty workers with practical tools, knowledge and confidence to recognise early signs of gender-based violence and safely guide clients toward appropriate support services.
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About the Project

A European initiative to strengthen prevention of gender-based violence within the beauty sector.

GBV Watch Salons is an Erasmus+ cooperation project implemented by partners from Italy, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, and a European VET network. We work with beauty workers, vocational training centres and GBV experts to co-create training tools, awareness actions and support mechanisms tailored to beauty salons.
Our main goal: Support beauty professionals become informed, empowered actors able to recognise warning signs and safely refer clients to specialised services.
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Who Benefits?

  • Beauty workers (hairdressers, aestheticians, nail technicians…)
  • VET providers, teachers and trainers
  • GBV specialists and social workers
  • Local authorities and policymakers
  • Community organisations and NGOs
  • Women and clients affected by violence

What We Deliver

  • 5 national GBV reports + 1 European comparative analysis
  • A validated training toolkit for beauty professionals
  • Workshops, focus groups and national consultations
  • Pilot training sessions in 5 countries
  • Policy recommendations for the beauty sector and VET community
  • A European network connecting beauty salons and GBV actors

Our Objectives

Raise Awareness

Among beauty professionals on the forms and signs of GBV.

Provide Training & Tools

Through a dedicated EU-level toolkit co-designed with VET providers and experts.

Strengthen Cooperation

Between beauty salons, VET schools, NGOs and social services.

Promote Safer Environments

Where clients feel listened to, supported and empowered.

Partnership

A consortium of 12 partners from five EU countries (Germany, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, and Italy) unites under GBV-Watch Salons.
These partners represent VET providers, NGOs, beauty industry representatives, research institutions, and business associations. 

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