BFW Calls for Urgent Legal Reform to Criminalize Gender-Based Hate Crimes
On March 11, 2025, the official website of the far-right and ultranationalist Revival Party (Vazrazhdane) revealed that a supporter of the party had filed a report with the prosecutor’s office requesting an investigation into The Art of Behaving Badly exhibition. The...
Guerrilla Girls Deliver Powerful Lecture and Join Sofia’s Women’s Rights March
A day after the opening of their retrospective exhibition, The Art of Behaving Badly, two co-founders of the Guerrilla Girls delivered a performative lecture to a full house at Kvadrat 500. On March 8, the activist artists, known by the pseudonyms Frida Kahlo and...
Guerrilla Girls Make History with Their First Exhibition in Bulgaria
The world-famous artist collective Guerrilla Girls has opened its first exhibition in Bulgaria, organized by Bulgarian Fund for Women in partnership with the National Gallery/Square 500. On 6 March, the Bulgarian public was introduced for the first time to some of the...
The Art of Behaving Badly: Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva
Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva is a respected art historian, critic, and curator with a PhD in Art History. Her professional experience spans Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, the USA, South Korea, and other countries. Kuyumdzhieva is also a member of the International Association...
BFW and Avon Join Forces Again to Support Women’s Rights
Bulgarian Fund for Women (BFW) and Avon Bulgaria are once again joining forces in support of women’s rights through the “A Voice for All” campaign, launched on the occasion of March 8 – International Women’s Day. BFW marks International Women’s Day every year as an...
20 Years of Feminist Stories: Fund for Art Projects by Women Artists
In 2024, the Bulgarian Fund for Women (BFW) celebrates 20 years of advancing feminist causes. As part of this milestone, we are sharing 20 key moments from our history. Enjoy reading! *** In 2017, BFW launched the first-ever „Fund for Art Projects by Women Artists“ in...
Why Does Bulgaria Keep Postponing Substantial Measures to Combat Domestic Violence?
attn’y Natasha Dobreva Where are the crisis centres and gender training? These and other questions will be put to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on 4 March 2025 by the Council of Europe (CoE), an international governmental organisation. On this date, the...
Guerrilla Girls Performative Lecture
On March 7, 2025, the day after the official opening of the exhibition The Art of Behaving Badly, two of the founding members of Guerrilla Girls – known by the pseudonyms Frida Kahlo and Käthe Kollwitz – will present a performative public lecture live at Kvadrat 500....- The Quiet Crisis Hitting Feminist Movements and How Women’s and Feminist Funds are Rising to Meet It
- Updated Report from BFW Reveals the Needs and Strength of the Civil Society Sector
- The Art of Behaving Badly: Boryana Rossa
- The Art of Behaving Badly: Reneta Georgieva
- BFW at the Ariadne 2025 Reconnect Conference in Zagreb: Reshaping the Future of Philanthropy
