مؤسسة أبحاث النوع الاجتماعي البلغارية
BGRF is an independent non-governmental organization that promotes social equality and women’s human rights in Bulgaria through research, education and advocacy programs. Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation was founded in June 1998 in Sofia by women committed to work in the field of women’s rights and all of them with previous experience in advocacy, education, monitoring violations of human rights, lobbying for legislative changes, preparing publications, networking. The group consists of lawyers, academics and women’s rights activists. The group was formed because all the founders strongly felt that there was a need for specific research, education and advocacy in the area of women’s rights.
Our main purpose is:
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
