1. Young girls and women Mentoring
People to People International
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
30 май 2008, Пловдив

2. Project on the development of European Mentoring
Federation for young girls and women
Module
“Supportive politics for young girls and
women”
30 май 2008, Пловдив

3. The 12 problematic areas in the action platform in
Bulgaria
 The constant and increasing burden of poverty on
women;
 Inequality and discrepancy in the process of education
and the access to it;
 Inequality and discrepancy in the access to healthcare
and all its services;
 Violence against women;
 Consequences of military operations and hostilities on
women including those living under occupation;
 Inequality in all economical structures and politics, in all
forms of industrial production and resources;
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4. 12 problem areas in the action
platform
 Inequality between women and men in different aspects
of governing;
 Inadequate mechanisms that encourages and support
the progress and development of the women in the
society;
 Lack of respect and inadequate attitude towards women’s
rights;
 Stereotyping of women and inequality in terms of access
to all types of communicational systems especially in the
media;
 Inequality between the sexes in terms of management of
the natural resources and protection of the environment;
 Continuous discrimination and violation of women’s
rights;
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5. Violence against women
 In Bulgaria, as in other countries, hampers the realization of
their human rights, is one of the main causes for their worsened
health and has a very high cost for society - lost labor force and
human potential, as well as costs for social services,
rehabilitation, law enforcement, the judiciary, etc.
 Statistical data for the country from 2002 show that there were
449 divorce cases primarily due to physical and psychological
abuse. Of these, 371 were acts of men, 15 of women, and 22 of
both spouses. Such abuse is one of the main reasons for
divorce, after mutual consent and incompatibility of
temperament, bearing in mind that domestic violence also
exists in cases considered under other causes for divorce. In
addition, divorce has been decided 4.4 times more often due to
men’s fault than to women’s.
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6. People trafficking (Bulgarian statistics)
 500,000 people trafficked in Europe every year
 80% of female victims trafficked across international borders
70% for sexual exploitation
 $7-13 billion a year is made from trafficking
 Bulgaria include one group of 75 countries source and transit
locations for trafficking in women
 The Government of Bulgaria does not fully comply with the
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, No anti-
trafficking training : NGOs offered training at the National Police
Academy, the report stated.
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7. People trafficking (Bulgarian statistics)
 Bulgarian criminal gangs control illegal trafficking in women in big cities
of Western Europe such as Strasbourg, Nice and Marseille, it
(announced in August 2003 first seminar of the club)
 Incomes from prostitution are in second place after the incomes from
drug trafficking and prior to incomes from gun smuggling. The
employer's monthly income of 30,000 - 50, 000 BGN is assured from a
single sex slave.
 Most risky cities for trafficking in women are Varna, Targovishte,
Razgrad, Dobrich, Shumen and Bourgas;
 In the last three years with the assistance of the International
Organization for Migration 240 Bulgarian victims of violence have
managed to return to their country.
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8. Politics areas
 Employment
• Employment in 2004 for both women and men in the 25 EU countries:
women – 55,7%, men – 70,9%, a difference of 15,2%;
• Restrictions on the differential payment for men and women.
 Balanced participation in the process of making and implementing decisions
• 1996 – the council of the ministers recommends to the EU members to
encourage the balanced participation of both sexes in the process of
decision making;
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9. Politics areas
 Combining of professional and personal life
• Care of children that allows women to work;
• Care of other dependents;
• Shared family responsibility;
 Social protection and involvement
 Inclusion of the aspects of the sex in other areas and politics
• Women in education;
• Women in science;
• Women’s rights in the process of inclusion in EU;
• Development support;
• Violence and trafficking;
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10. Girls in Bulgaria - Problems
 Professional education and training;
 Political representation;
 Internet access; cyber attitude;
 Health and physical experience;
 Violence against girls;
 Contraception and pregnancy;
 Continuous mass discrimination against girls living in
poverty, with no qualification; immigrants or coming
out of immigrant families; handicapped girls;
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11. Initiative for empowering the girls
 Abusive relationships;
 Communicational skills;
 Reproduction health and rights;
 Social health and rights of the growing up
generation;
 Sexual health;
 Empowering of the women;
 Abortion;
 Violence against women;
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12. Conclusions of the workshop (BG)
 Less girls reach maturity in comparison with boys;
 Girls are often treated as being inferior and are socialized in such
manner that undermine their self- esteem;
 Sexual violence and sexually transmitted diseases;
 People trafficking – bad influence from family and society and
deficiencies of the security system;
 Domestic violence;
 Gipsy women and young girls are excluded by the society -
 Maternity in early age;
 Women do not have equal opportunities like boys in making active
decisions;
 They have limited access to education and suffer from stereotype
practices in education;
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13. Bulgarian experience
 PRO::ICT – http://bulgarian.pro-ict.net –Data
base that offers additional materials and
good practices which aid parents, teachers
and lecturers, tutors, consultants and others,
developed to improve the skills during
consultations and training of young girls who
have chosen professional realization in the
ИКТ sphere.
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14. Bulgarian experience
 EUMENT-NET –
http://eument-net.gendercampus.ch –
European network of mentoring initiatives
and programs for women in the academic
and scientific sphere. A virtual platform with
information for such initiatives in Europe has
been developed
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15. Bulgarian experience
 Mentoring for adults – helps individuals over
50 years of age to realize on the labor market
and the society by expanding and improving
their skills and competence.
 Establishment of employer's network of
organizations with active social politics, that
stimulates employers to hire and keep people
hired.
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16. GOOD PRACTICES IN BULGARIA
http://www.mentoring-validation.org/
30 май 2008, Пловдив

17. NGOs in Bulgaria
http://www.facetoface.bg/facetoface/home.nsf/vP
agesLookup/home~bg
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18. NGOs in Bulgaria
Handbook on the equal
rights of the sexes for
the young people in
Europehttp://www.bgrf.
org/bg/publications/polit
icalrights/younggender/
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19. Non-government organizations in Bulgaria
Course on the equal rights of
the sexes:
“Equal rights in school – equal
rights in life“
http://www.cwsp.bg/htmls/pag
e.php?
category=500&id=897
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20. Tasks and actions
 Elimination of all forms of discrimination against girls;
 Elimination of all negative opinions and practices against girls;
 Protection of women’s right and increased knowledge on their needs
and potentials;
 Elimination of educational discrimination and fully and accessible
development of knowledge and skills;
 Elimination of discrimination in healthcare;
 Elimination of economical exploitation and protection of the labor rights
of women;
 Elimination of all forms of violence against girls;
 Enhancement of the knowledge of the girls and their active participation
in the social, economical and political life;
 Putting an accent on the importance of the family;
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