Balgarianovinite.com Meeting with the winners of the Ambassador for a Day initiative, President Iliana Iotova said that combating violence against girls and women requires not only legislative measures, but also strong public intolerance that encourages victims to overcome their fear and seek help, the President’s press secretariat reported on Thursday. The meeting was attended by UK Ambassador Nathaniel Copsey and the diplomat and future British Ambassador to the European Union Caroline Wilson.
For the ninth year in a row, the British Embassy in Bulgaria has organized a competition that encourages Bulgarian girls to express their views on a wide range of topics of importance to society. Since its inception, the initiative has been held under the patronage of Iliana Iotova. This year, the topic, on which nearly 150 girls from all over Bulgaria wrote essays, was “If you were an ambassador for a day, how would you help make Bulgaria a safer place for women and girls – at home, online, and in public life?”. The best performers among them were Kalina Barneva from Varna, Mima Simeonova from Sliven and Yana-Maria Gagova from Silistra.
“Your texts show that, unfortunately, you are not only informed about the risks facing women, but you also experience them. This is a serious diagnosis for our society, it also shows the huge dimensions of the problem,” Iotova told the winners.
The conversation focused, among other things, on early marriages, typical of certain communities in the country. “They take away the youth, the dreams, the future of girls,” the President said, emphasizing that the state and society must work hard to eradicate this practice.
Iotova stressed the need of greater public awareness of violence against girls and women. “This is not a personal or family problem, it is a public one,” Iotova pointed out. President Iotova Meets with Ambassador for a Day Initiative Winners 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-14 16:44:04 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law