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Sofia Queer Forum 2015 invites you to take part in the initiative 'Circus! My different family' with a text, drawing, video, painting, objects, photos, sound or any other means of expressions. The project is not strictly dedicated to professionals but to all others who would like... [Read More]

At a meeting of the Municipal Council of Antonovo, held on August 27th, 2015, Chairman of the Council, Mr Hajredin Mehmedov introduced a draft of a Programme for the development of women's movement. Following a debate on the topic of gender mainstreaming, municipal councilors fro... [Read More]

Over 5,500 women from all over the country took advantage of free ultrasound examinations for breast cancer, thanks to AVON’s 'From Love to Life' campaign, whose coordinator is the Bulgarian Fund for Women. This is what the statistics show from seven district cities in the ... [Read More]

Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” started offering a M.A. degree a few years back that is not yet very famous but extraordinarily interesting as well as taught at a very high level – Women’s and Gender History (MATILDA European Masters degree). You have two years to study ... [Read More]

Where in our society are hiding the most serious problemsregarding equality? The problems that are the most serious are the ones related to stereotypes and gender roles, i.e. how women and men should act. It’s truly absurd, but even nowadays there are people that believe that a w... [Read More]

The investment in women is an investment in the whole society and is a path towards economic prosperity is what the data, presented in the Bulgarian Fund for Women discussion “Why (we) invest in women?”, recently shows. The event took place on 2nd of July 2015 in the Home of Euro... [Read More]

Оn 2nd of July 2015 in the Home of Europe BFW organizes a discussion “Why (we) invest in women?” with the participation of the Minister of labour and social policy Ivailo Kalfin, the Chargé d’affaires at Norwegian embassy in Bulgaria Geir Sjøberg, the Chairwoman of the Coun... [Read More]

“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction” is what Alice Paul, the organizer of the biggest Suffragette manifestation in America in 1913, said. Today, thanks to Alice and her supporters, women in America have the right to vote. What was the price that Alice and m... [Read More]

Bulgarian Fund for Women announces the ten projects that will receive funding in the first round of the competition for projects in the field of women’s rights and achieving gender equality in Bulgaria. The projects, selected by members of the Board and staff of BFW are the... [Read More]

Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAF) calls for proposals from Bulgaria, announces Bulgarian Fund for Women. UAF is a feminist activist fund that gives small rapid response grants (RRGs) to women and trans human rights defenders around the world when their secur... [Read More]