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In the summer of 2023, the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation successfully held the first edition of the Women in the Mountains Writers’ Residency, giving 10 talented women authors from Bulgaria and Europe the opportunity to immerse themselves in deep creative work for 10 days in... [Read More]

“It was very interesting to see how, despite the fact that we come from very different countries and contexts, our struggles are so similar.”  Shared activist Elisabetta Cavallin from the Italian reproductive rights organization “Obiezione Respinta,” which opposes the possib... [Read More]

Disinformation, sabotage of events, failed legislative initiatives that benefit vulnerable groups, threats on social networks, and physical attacks. This is the context in which human rights organizations from around the world have been working in recent years.  The fundamen... [Read More]

Bulgarian Fund for Women (BFW)’s “Mission: Possible” is the only donor program in Bulgaria that provides flexible and unrestricted funding to cover the administrative and organizational needs (the so-called core funding) of civil society organizations throughout the c... [Read More]

It has been a year since on 24 February 2022 Russia set the beginning of the war against Ukraine. Since then, over 7,600 Ukrainians lost their lives while 12,000 were wounded (data from 12.02.2023, Statista). Over the last year 18,8 million people left Ukraine facing a number of ... [Read More]

The results of the second edition of the BFW’s Fund for Art Projects by Women Artists have already been announced! The open call named “State of Emergency” aimed to challenge women artists to propose projects for new artworks that deal with topics and issues relevant to our socie... [Read More]

In 2021, right before 25th November – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we marked the beginning of the “Invisible First Line”– a charity campaign in support of the crisis and consultative centers in the country that face domestic violence daily ... [Read More]

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been continuing for more than half a year now and forced millions of Ukrainian citizens to seek protection and safety outside their homeland. Over 77 000 of them are now located in Bulgaria according to statistics from UNHCR.   In the... [Read More]

The “Fun Navan” (Fun Outside) festival in the picturesque town of Tryavna offered an increasingly familiar sight: carefree children playing outside, volunteers serving local craft beer in reusable cups, the air buzzing with the banter of young parents, some of whom had just recen... [Read More]

And the year-long struggle of a small foundation to do away with the “civil death” that threatens more than 7,000 vulnerable Bulgarians   Eli Marinova, 27, is always eager to share how much she likes working in the garden – and how she likes assigning tasks to her... [Read More]