Founded in 1998, the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation promotes social equality and women's human rights in Bulgaria through research, education, legislative changes and advocacy. Its activities focus on various areas including violence against women, social and economic rights of women, political rights and participation in the decision-making process, and education. Under the field of social and economic rights of women, one of the organization's projects monitors the implementation of CEDAW in the region and provides feedback and recommendations to participating national governments.