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Investments in the development and civil participation of women and girls is a prerequisite for achieving greater societal awareness and understanding over gender issues. Global initiatives and political frameworks such as Beijing Platform ... [Read More]

Around 100 homeless women, many of whom were seeking refuge during lockdown because of domestic abuse, have been housed in a European Parliament building in Brussels in beginning of May.... [Read More]

Women are at the helm of fighting COVID-19. It’s not just that women make up 91% of nurses, 74% of healthcare workers and almost 62% of pharmaceutical professions. ... [Read More]

Tanya Hristova is 23 years old, born in a small city named Kotel in northern Bulgaria. She works as a school psychologist in G.S.Rakovski High School – the same school she graduated. ... [Read More]

Today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, published a report on her visit to Bulgaria. The report focuses on racism, violence against women and domestic violence, media freedom.... [Read More]

We are facing an unprecedented situation caused by the global spread of COVID-19 virus. It affects all of us, both in Bulgaria and around the globe, our families and colleagues... [Read More]

Violence against women remains a major global public health and women’s health threat during emergencies, the World Health Organization says in a statement. ... [Read More]

Disease outbreaks affect women and men differently, and pandemics make existing inequalities for women and girls and discrimination of other marginalized groups worse.... [Read More]

On March 8, the BFW will celebrate its 15th anniversary. For us, these are 15 years of tireless work for the rights of women and girls in Bulgaria.... [Read More]

The team of the Bulgarian Fund for Women welcomed one of the winners in the contest "Ambassador for a Day 2020" - Maria Toneva, 16, from the town of Kardzhali.... [Read More]