Gender Project for Bulgaria Foundation is an independent, non-governmental organization in public benefit, founded in 1994 by active professional women. It has won recognition as an Advocacy group working to:

• raise Bulgarian society awareness of gender equality issues;
• raise civil society intolerance of violence against women at home and in workplace;
• change the legislation to protect women and children victims of domestic violence;
• educate children and young people in human rights and the national and international regulations guaranteeing those rights;
• get media involved in gender issues discussions;
• acquire successful practices of foreign NGOs and adapt them professionally to the Bulgarian reality;
• promote and encourage women in starting-up their own business;
• achieve more active women's participation in politics and decision-making, and create a national women's lobby;

The Gender Project for Bulgaria Foundation has realized those aims by:

• organizing information and education campaigns through active partnership with the media and production of a video spots, radio broadcasts and special columns in the press;
• organizing training seminars in Sofia and the country on domestic violence issues; hidden discrimination of women from ethnic groups in Bulgaria; gender awareness and analyses; the media role for overcoming existing stereotypes; acquiring leadership skills; gender education in school and university; starting-up small business; NGO management
• designing and participating in projects for creation of National mechanism for equal opportunities of women and men in Bulgaria and its promoting in public space;
• actively supporting the national and international women's networks that strengthen women's positions;
• conducting various researches of domestic violence issues, sexual harassment, globalization effect on women and men

The Gender Project for Bulgaria Foundation is part of:

• the national network of Women's Alliance for Development (WAD)
• the KARAT Coalition regional network - uniting NGOs from 13 CEE/CIS countries
• the Stability Pact Gender Task Force for SEE.

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