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Bulgarian Fund for Women has selected the organizations to receive funding under the feminist projects grant. 10 initiatives in 4 different towns and one village will be supported. The 43 project proposals were subjected to a two-stage procedure of evaluation. After the BFW team ... [Read More]

42 organizations from 22 locations have applied for Bulgarian Fund for Women’s call in support of feminist projects. The maximal amount of the grant per organization is 3 000 Bulgarian leva. The results of the competition will be announced on 1 February 2019, and candidates... [Read More]

The protagonists of our story are Vyara* and her two daughters – Rada* (2 years old) and Sophie* (5 years old). Vyara was born 28 years ago in a small and remote village and early on in her life she was left with no parents or any other relatives. Six years ago Vyara met Hr... [Read More]

The Bulgarian Fund for Women is delighted to announce we will be a partner of the competition “Ambassador for a Day) that The British Embassy Sofia will organize for a second year in a row. Female Ambassadors and civil society organisations in Bulgaria have united in honour of In... [Read More]

Bulgarian  Fund for Women was awarded the second highest honors of this year’s human rights prize  –  Human of the Year 2018, organized by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee. The Fund received the award for its numerous and diverse activities during the year for protect... [Read More]

Overcoming the barriers hindering the full development of women and girls in Bulgaria, solving the specific problems mentioned in this analysis and achieving real gender equality will not only bring concrete political, economic and social benefits for the Bulgarian state but will... [Read More]

Imagine a crowded place in your city – a park for instance. Children, dogs, people, bikers. There are probably curb and/or wheelchair ramps nearby or around it to facilitate mothers and fathers’ movement with strollers and others. Now imagine that those ramps are a little bit ste... [Read More]

Would you like to influence the urban planning? Do you dream to engage your community in order to insist on better life conditions in the city? Register for a free two-day training and become an expert in conducting “Exploratory walks”! And do you know that women and men experien... [Read More]

The new BFW project “Sense of a City” insists on a socially sensitive approach towards urban planning How do women feel in the public space and what obstacles they have to overcome in order to reach full social inclusion will be explored by the residents of Plovdiv th... [Read More]

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 first phase ... [Read More]