Together with continuing the tradition of collecting information about Bulgarian initiatives dedicated to the 16 Days Campaign and their popularization in the national and international space, the Center of Women’s Studies and Policies (CWSP) initiated new activities with which it participated in the 2006 Campaign.

On 24 November 2006, on the eve of the opening of the 16 Days Campaign against Violence against Women, the Center of Women’s Studies and Policies organized a National academic conference entitled “Gender and Transition”, which became an important meeting for researchers and activists from the women’s non-governmental sector, working on a broad range of issues connected to gender equality.

CWSP demonstrated its engagement with the problem of violence against women by dedicating a separate issue of its TV program to the problem.  It  broadcasts the program in cooperation with TV Europe, and it is focused on discussing gender equality issues in Bulgaria. The program about the 16 Days Campaign was broadcast on 21 November 2006, and guests in the studio were Liliya Sazonova – Program Coordinator at CWSP, and Dimitar Sotirov – Vice-President of the Bulgarian Media Coalition who presented the goal and focus of the Campaign in 2006, as well as the problems connected with the actual implementation of the legislation regulating violence against women. Furthermore, the role of the media in creating non-aggressive models of behavior in society and the necessity of both print and electronic media to be more sensitive and well-informed when presenting the issue of violence against women were discussed.

And finally, in its capacity as the Bulgarian partner in the international website StopVAW, on 25 November CWSP officially opened the long-expected Bulgarian version of the Bulgarian page of the website. Thus the 16-Days Campaign is reflected in the transformation and enrichment of the Bulgarian page on violence against women, making it more easily accessible and readable for a Bulgarian audience. Every user of the page will be able to read in Bulgarian information about the Bulgarian legislation regulating violence against women, the NGOs working in the field, ongoing news on the problem, etc.