Domestic violence represents one of the biggest problems in the evolution of today’s society. In 2017, #metoo movement had a worldwide impact on the topic of sexual abuse, with more and more young girls and young women sharing their experiences. Although 2017 was marked by this hashtag, the phenomenon of domestic violence is present in daily life of women all across Europe in multiple forms: physical, emotional, financial or sexual. Giving the latest reports on domestic violence, at a European level, 33% of women have experienced physical violence, while 11 % had been victim of sexual abuse, but there is a lack of comparable data due to differences in the national legislation and the lack of reporting the abuse (European Parliament, 2016). Considering geographical differences, as well as cultural and religious differences, it is hard to have a clear view of the statistics worldwide, but monitoring the latest reports at a national level, as well as the movements that fight against domestic violence of any sort, EMPOWER project aims at supporting practitioners in the field of youth and social services to gain competences to recognize, act efficiently and prevent domestic violence among girls and women. The objectives of the project are: -OS1:developing specific competences needed for the 20 participants to recognise and identify different types of domestic violence (physical, emotional, financial and social), in families and young couples; -OS2: Supporting sense of initiative and critical thinking for the 25 participants, in order to prevent and combat gender based violence; - OS3: Supporting the transfer of soft skill competences needed in this types of intervention, such as pharafrazing, active listening, resuming, feedback techniques, non verbal language aspects; - OS4: Developing organisational capacity of partner associations;