The current data is a result from the GAF’s Project “Ensuring Sustainable Legal and Psycho-social Support for Victims of Domestic Violence in the Region of Plovdiv, Bulgaria”
Project period: March 2012 – February 2013

The five programmes developed under the project are: psycho-social counseling, legal counseling, counseling of couples/partners, job search consultancy and work with perpetrators of domestic violence.
The programs were implemented in the GAF’s Consultative Centre in the city of Plovdiv.

For the project period, 202 persons victims of domestic violence and/or discrimination visited the Foundation’s Consultative Centre. 178 of them were women. The average age of the women benefitted by the services is 42 years as the oldest one being 89 years, while the youngest – 22. Women aged 35 - 44 years constitute the largest percentage of the victims.
The total number of given consultations is 369, while 141 are the telephone requests.

Legal representation: 34 legal cases were initiated.
•  17 cases under the Law on protection against domestic violence;
•  9 cases under the Family Code;
•  3 cases under the Penal Code;
•  1 case under the Civil Procedural Code;
• 2 cases under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Abduction of Children;
•  1 case under the European Convention on Human Rights;
•  1 case under the CEDAW.

Find out more about GAF's activities in our Annual Report.