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United Nations Human Rights Committee is concerned about the lack of protection for the victims of domestic violence in Bulgaria. The Committee also stated that the State party should vigorously pursue its efforts to prevent domestic violence, in particular domestic violence against women, and encourage the victims to report the cases to the authorities. The State party should initiate gender sensitive monitoring of these cases and analyse the reasons why they are rarely reported. The State party should also secure the criminal investigation, prosecution and sanction of all cases of domestic violence...

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In its 49th session, in July 2011, the CEDAW Committee adopted views in two communications - against Brazil and Bulgaria.
Communication No17/2008 concers maternal mortality and reproductive health. The case was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Communication No20/2008 concerns domestic violence. The case was filed by a lawyer working with the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation - Plovdiv branch.
Both the cases address serious violations of women's human rights..

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The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation is founded in June 1998 in Sofia as an independent NGO of public utility.
The organization works in the field of gender equality, prevention of domestic violence, reproductive rights and anti-discrimination by providing information, elaboration and production of researches, analyses and draft laws, conducting campaigns and lobbying for legislative changes, provision of training and consultations for professionals and working in wide networks in cooperation with other organizations, public institutions and experts.

The BGRF has branches in Plovdiv, Haskovo, Gorna Oryahovitza. Since 2001 the
BGRF has a youth department.

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  • Domestic violence
  • Human rights protection
  • Trafficking in women
  • Prevention of discrimination
  • Socio-economic rights of women
  • Youth issues

Achieving gender equality as an integral part of the socio-economic and democratic development of our country through:

  • Legislative changes guaranteeing gender equality in the socio-economic rights;
  • Protection of women against violence in all its forms – domestic violence, trafficking in women, sexual harassment at the workplace;
  • Adoption of national policy that is deeply engaged with the principle of balanced participation of the both sexes in political life;
  • Identify, protect, and lobby for specific needs and problems of young people;
  • Raising public awareness on gender equality issues.

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Звукозаписната компания "Пайнер Медиа", която се озова в центъра на гръмък скандал след съобщението, че е получила финансиране по европейската програма "Конкурентоспособност", е обявила в сряда официално, че се отказва от европейските пари.

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BGRF is Bulgarian partner in the European project “Research and Participated Action Regarding the Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings, Crimes of Honour and Forced Marriages within The African and Eastern European Immigrant Communities” (RAPVITE) that started in 2010 and will continue until the end of 2011.  RAPVITE is supported by EU DAPHNE Program.

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Milena Kadieva from the BGRF-Plovdiv branch participated in a Pilot testing workshop for litigating lawyers on women’s human right using CEDAW, organized by IWRAW – Asia Pacific in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16-20.06.2011

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The Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), in cooperation with its partners the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and the Network of East-West Women (NEWW), and in cooperation with representatives of the Euroregional Center for Public Initiatives (ECPI) are announcing their Call for Applications for the Fourth Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2011-2013.

Deadline for applications: 25 August 2011

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"Първата българска жена, получила такова високо отличие"

Адвокат Светлана Ганева от адвокатска кантора “Арсов, Начев, Ганева” е удостоена с отличието Кавалер на “Националния орден за заслуги"

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