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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]

28 nongovernmental organizations with a total of 29 projects from 15 Bulgarian cities submitted their proposals in the first round of the competition for projects aiming to support women’s rights and to achieve gender equality, announced by the Bulgarian Fund for Women. Out... [Read More]

In the early 2015, Bulgarian Fund for Women (BFW), with the support of OAK Foundation, started working towards the development of the women’s movement and individual charity in Bulgaria. The organization is going to work on the following thematic priorities between 2015 – 2016: P... [Read More]

In October 2014, the Bulgarian Fund for Women together with Avon Bulgaria started a second stage of “From Love to Live” campaign. The activities of the campaign are directed to providing of free screening for breast cancer to almost 7000 women in Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Burgas, Va... [Read More]

Zhana Bergendorff sang Aerosmith songs at the charity concert against domestic violence, organized by Bulgarian fund of women. The X-Factor winner performed with the metal band Crashbrake on 24th of April in club *MIXTAPE 5*. At the concert also performed Der Hunds and the hip-ho... [Read More]