Mothers who raise their kids alone, at risk of poverty and survivors of violence, will gain a new profession and a more secure future for their children and themselves, thanks to a new programme by Bulgarian Fund for Women – A chance for the invisible super moms. The...
1 in 3 women in Bulgaria is a victim of gender-based violence. 30% of the women in Bulgaria and Europe have been physically or sexually abused at least once after the age of 15. In Bulgaria, barely 14% of the victims of abuse report the incident to the police and...
Bulgarian Fund for Women condemns these threats and insists that PM Simeonov publicly apologizes for his words. On Friday, 9th of February 2018, the Bulgarian Vice PM Valeri Simeonov published an official declaration “Let’s wax the skis of Ska Keller”, stating she...
As part of the International UN campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign“ (25 November – 10 December) and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), Bulgarian Fund for Women announces a call for...
The Bulgarian Fund for Women has successfully completed its project “Raising the sensitivity of the youth on “domestic violence” issues through improving teachers’ capacity for prevention and work on the topic, implemented with the support of Bulgarian Ministry of...
Bulgaria will ratify the The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention) until the end of the year. The country also actively supports its ratification on the side of EU...
Bulgarian Fund for Women (BFW) is among the recipients of the 2017 edition of Human of the Year – the annual awards for contribution to human rights and human rights protection of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee. The fund received its award in an all-new category –...
The Bulgarian Fund for Women (BFW) received the 2017 Woman of the Year award in the Society category of the GRAZIA magazine contest. The prize was awarded to Nadezhda Dermendzhieva, Gergana Kutseva and Mira Dobreva for their advocacy for equal rights for women and for...
The Bulgarian Fund for Women will hold a two-day educational training for teachers in Sofia between the 7 – 13 October 2017 on the topic of domestic violence. The seminar is the third of its kind and follows identical ones, which took place in Pleven and Stara Zagora...
