Bulgaria

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :23 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 6 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 6 % ⁽³⁾

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Gender Equality Indexes:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :52 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :42 ⁽⁵⁾

Bulgaria Search Data

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National Strategy for the Promotion of Equality between Women and Men 2021-2030

Bulgaria | 2021

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Programme

Bulgaria | 2019

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking 2017-2021

Bulgaria | 2017 | 2021

Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Trafficking

National Programme for Prevention of Violence and Child Abuse 2017-2020

Bulgaria | 2017 | 2020

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Children Hotline 116 111

Bulgaria | 2017 | 2018

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Amendments to the Legal Assistance Act

Bulgaria | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation, Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy for Promoting the Equality between Women and Men

Bulgaria | 2016 | 2020

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Financial Compensation and Support to Victims of Crime (Amendment) Act 2016

Bulgaria | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Programme for Prevention and Protection against Domestic Violence

Bulgaria | 2015

Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation, Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Amendment to the Protection against Domestic Violence Act

Bulgaria | 2015

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽³⁾ Proportion of women aged 18–74 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽⁴⁾ The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.

⁽⁵⁾ The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.