A general view of the Plenary Hall at the Beijing International Convention Centre (BICC), during the address by Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton of the United States on 5 September 1995. The appearance by Mrs. Clinton was presented as a special event during the Fourth World Conference on Women, meeting from 4 to 15 September 1995. Credit: UN/DPI 051331/Zhang Yan Hui.

Contributed, in part, by: Liliya Sazonova, Bulgaria National VAW Monitor

The Bulgarian National Plan was approved by the National Council on Social and Demographic Issues with the Council of Ministers on July 2, 1996. One of the principal objectives of the plan is to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women. The plan lists activities for implementation of the objectives, categorized by long-term and mid-term tasks. The long-term tasks and goals include the development of a National Program Against Crime and implementation of a large-scale sociological survey of crimes against women. Some of the mid-term tasks and goals outlined are condemnation of all forms of violence against women as violations of their rights and fundamental freedoms and provision of better access to information to government units that deal with gender equality and women's rights.