The Women for Present Association organized a radio broadcast program discussing women’s problems with special focus on violence against women in the Bulgarian National Radio on 22 November.

Additionally, the Women for Present Association  together with Cvete Theatre presented a Forum-Theatre /theatre playback/ about violence against women and other women’s issues on 25 November. Among the invited people were representatives of institutions, the legislature, judicature, police, employer unions, trade unions, non government organizations, MPs, women board to the government, municipal councilors, media etc.

The theatre-discussion started with performances of women’s stories of violence and misunderstanding based on genuine women’s cases. In the second part of the performance the conductor addressed the audience with a request to propose ways of transformation of the presented female situations – when and how the action can be changed in order to transform the constrain or tragedy. The audience offered who and how can impact the situation and was invited to share its own experience in relative situations. Meanwhile a journalist carried out interviews with representatives of governmental and nongovernmental bodies and institutions.

Based on the performance, a documentary film is to be prepared about the kind of problems women face and their readiness to share them and look for assistance in order to overcome them. Importantly, the informal atmosphere in the discussion following the play encouraged representatives of different institutions to share their view and establish contacts among each other. The documented performance and the discussion after will be emitted by National TV channels and are intended to serve as a mean of impact upon representatives of institutions, women’s advocates, active members of political organizations, etc.