Pilot study on HRV /honour related violence/ in Bulgaria - the challenge for intervention institutions

Interviews with intervention institutions

Data Collection

Author(s)

Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF)

Year of data collection

2004 2005

Study population

Women with FGM

Prevalence data on FGM

Isolated cases of FGM - no numbers quoted.

Limitations of study

There is no actual statistical information on FGM in the present study. Still, it is the only study for Bulgaria that acknowledges the existence of isolated FGM cases in the country, mainly refugees from Africa . There is complete lack of prevalence data on FGM for the country.