Gender Education, Research and Technologies Foundation (GERT)
GERT is a not-for-profit, non-governmential organization working in Bulgaria. The mission of GERT is to initiate and implement, independently or in partnership with other NGOs activities targeted to enhance gender equalityi and social & gender ijustice in all spheres of social life, including access to and benefit from new technologies.
The main goals of GERT are:
to raise the awareness of the public at large on the need of combating gender stereotypes, which lead to inequality in all levels of the society;
to enhance the tolerance in gender relationships and achieve a conscious rejection of violence;
to achieve better awareness of the public and specifically of younger generation on reproductive rights and health and international trends in this field, including the issues of HIV/AIDS;
to raise the interest of NGOs and more specifically women’s NGOs toward using the new ICTis in social activities and practices;
to raise the awareness on and support the creation of networks for economic solidarity among women’s groups and other disadvantaged groups.
Target groups:
women
youth - girls and boys
women’s non-governmental organizations
GERT will achieve its goals through proactive research, education and advocacyi programs, following the principles of fair cooperation and partnership with individuals, NGOs, Academia, national and international programs in the specified fields.
