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“Feminist Boot Camp” is an intensive 5-day seminar, aiming to empower, in a safe environment and through acquiring knowledge and skills, young women and girls, especially representatives of different vulnerable groups.... [Read More]

Bulgarian Fund for Women organizes the March for Women’s Rights for a third consecutive year. It will take place on March 8, 2019 at 6 p.m. in front of the Council of Ministers. On March 8, it is important to recall that women in Bulgaria have been struggling for equality for mor... [Read More]

On Valentine’s Day, the Bulgarian Fund for Women announces the launch of the Love Errors campaign that reminds people of the most common delusions about love. The aim of the campaign is for young women and girls to recognize early signs of violence and to encourage them to ... [Read More]

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]