National action plan for the promotion of equality between women and men for the period 2021-2022.

This Bulgarian National action plan for the promotion of equality between women and men for the planned period from the year 2021 until the year 2022 was developed to implement the National Strategy for Promoting Equality between Women and Men for 2021-2030. This text sets more specific goals and planned sets of actions that will be implemented in order to achieve the defined mid-term goals.
The National Action Plan for the Promotion of Equality between Women and Men 2021-2022 draws attention to measures to better reconcile professional and private life and to provide employment to the unemployed by providing childcare opportunities, encouraging employers to hire unemployed persons, developing the skills of unemployed women through vocational training to increase their participation in the labour market, etc. Also included are measures aimed at reducing the gender gap in income and promoting an equal degree of economic independence. Taking into account the importance of the fight against violence as one of the aspects of the policy on equality between women and men, measures related to the provision of social services to victims of violence, etc. are foreseen. In order to overcome the existing gender stereotypes in the various spheres of public life, measures are planned to increase awareness, media monitoring, etc. The implementation of the 2021-2022 National Action Plan for promoting the equality of women and men will be ensured within the approved funds under the budgets of the responsible institutions, as well as from alternative funding from other sources.