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an independent NGO promoting: social justice, gender equality and human rights through research, education, legislative changes, advocacy programs
an independent NGO promoting: social justice, gender equality and human rights through research, education, legislative changes, advocacy programs
The WRC was launched in Bulgaria in 2001 by the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation with the financial support of Open Society Foundation, Sofia. BGRF has become a partner to the European network of organizations of the international WRC and has been working for attracting more men for the cause of non-violence.
On December 6, 1989 a 25 year-old man walked into the University of Montreal's School of Engineering Building, and began a shooting spree during which he murdered 14 women and injured 13 others. The man believed it was because of women students that he was not accepted to the engineering school. These women became symbols, tragic representatives, of the injustice against women. In 1991, the Canadian government proclaimed December 6th as National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The WRC was launched in the same year by men profeminists. In a short time the Campaign went through the world disseminating the white ribbon as a symbol of and a promise for zero tolerance to male violence. Most of the European countries took part in this movement.
In 2001 BGRF launched the campaign in Bulgaria and distributed:
25 November 2001