Borislava Kirilova Daskalova
Personal
Information
Nationality: Bulgarian
Place of Birth: Bulgaria, Smolian
Age: 30
Sex: Female
Married, Mother of two children
1992 - 1998
Education
Credit:
University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Philology
1995 –2000
University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Sociology and Ethnology
1993 - 1995
University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Journalism
1985 – 1989
College of Natural Sciences, Plovdiv
Professional Qualification - IT
Academic
scholarships
2002 – Human Rights Education Agency (HREA) - Tuition scholarship for a Distance
learning course “Research and evaluation in human rights field”
1996 - Postgraduate research in the Department of History, University of Saarbrucken,
Germany
Scholarship granted from the international scientific Magazine “Historishe Antropologie”
Noncredit
(longer then a
week
professional
trainings,
summer and
winter
schools):
1996
- Full year student scholarship from the Open Society Foundation for the
research: The integrating role of women in multicultural societies.
Based on research in Asenovgrad.
1997
A Scholarship from The American University of Washington, USA, IREX
program for the research project “Sociocultural Part of the Orthodox
Temple in Asenovgrad” in the framework of The Bulgarian-American
program Social Research Methods
2003 – Unated Nations Institute for Training and Research, Programme in
Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy, Enhance the Conflict Prevention and
Peacebuilding Capacities of Minority and Indigenous Peoples, Geneva, July, 2003
2003 – Gender and Minorities Awareness Raising Training Seminar, Minority
Rights Group International, September 2003, Tirana, Albania
2003 – Summer University in Toleration and Multiculturalism at the Central
European University, Budapest, July 2003.
2003 – Training for Trainers for Minority Rights Advocacy, organized by
Minority Rights Group International and the Council of Europe, Budapest, May,
2003
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2003 - Human Rights Advocacy Training, organized by Central European University
Youth Initiative for Human rights and Council of Europe, Budapest, March, 2003.
2002 – Advocacy Rights Training “Minority Rights on Balkans”, organized by
Minority Rights Group International and the Council of Europe, Budapest, November
2002 –Training on Council of Europe`s Framework Convention for Protection of
National Minorities, organized by Minority Rights Group International in the
cooperation with the Human Rights Directorate of the Council of Europe, May,
Strasbourg, France.
2002 – Research and Evaluation in Human Rights Field, January – April, Distance
learning course, organized by Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
2001 – XIV-th International Summer School on Human Rights, September 8-16,
Warsaw. Organized by the HELSINKI COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, Poland.
Participation in
scientific
conferences
and seminars
2004 - Contemporary Citizenship: The Politics of Exclusion and Inclusion II
(Is there a chance for a post-national citizenship?), organized by The Peace
Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies will hold an
international conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Report: Transnational, Post-national and Multi-level Citizenship: Balkans and the
EU Integration Process
2004 – Trends and Developments in the EU Enlargement Process - EGE
University, Izmir, Turkey
Report: Identity Processes in South East Europe in the Context of EU Accession.
2003 - Public Health and Human Rights Seminar, organized by Civic Coalition
“Public Health and Human Rights”, Sofia
Report: Education for Human Rights and Health in Balkans.
2003 - National Training on Pain Control for Interdisciplinary teams, Hospice ”Revival”,
Plovdiv
Lectures: 1. Cultural perceptions of pain.
2. Cultural and religious concepts of death in Balkans.
2002 – National Discussion Week on Health Reform Problems TRIMED – March,
Plovdiv.
Report: Providing Access To Quality Medical Information Online – Defending The Rights to
Medical Services.
2001 - National Discussion Week on Health Reform Problems TRIMED – March,
Plovdiv.
Report: The Right For Healthcare As A Fundamental Human Right
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2002 – Pan-European conference on Information Society in preparation for the
World Summit on Information Society, November, Buchuresti, Romania.
2001 - National Seminar Females and Information Society
Report: Gender and Democracy in the Information Society. (South)East European
Perspectives
2001 – National Workshop of the Institute for Sociology of CyberSociety
Report: Balkan Females Searching Their Identity Online
2000 – International Symposium “2000 years of Christian Art and Culture in
Albania”, Tirana
Report: Mother Mary and Fatima in Balkans – Bridges for Inter-Cultural
Communication .
2000 – International Conference Towards Sustainable Development, April-May,
Olomouc, Check Republic
Report: Bulgarian NGOs for Raising Public Awareness to Sustainable
Development Problems
2000 – International graduate students seminar Ethnic and National Minorities
in Central and East Europe, May, Krakow, Poland
Report: The Role of Women in Establishing Tolerance and Pluralism in
Multicultural Societies
Professional
experience
2003  present
Institute for European Studies at Balkan Center for Regional Development
Researcher and Lecturer
2002 - Civic Coalition “Public Health and Human Rights”.
Establisher.
2002 - Primary Healthcare in Bulgaria, National Survey
Researcher
2003 - Project for organization and development of BALKAN PUBLIC HEALTH
FORUM.
Manager
1998  Human Rights Club, Plovdiv
Researcher, Trainer
2003 – Research on Trafficking in women in Balkans and its impact to minority
communities.
2002 - 2003 – Supervising the project Shadow report on Bulgaria to the Council of
Europe’s FNCM – “BULGARIAN MINORITIES` ACCESS TO HUMAN RIGHTS
INFORMATION”.
2002 present – Part Time Lecturer in the “Public Health and Human Rights in
Balkans” Program
2000 – Coordinator of Project: Minority Women in Need.
1999 – 2000 - Coordinator and Lecturer in the Educational Course: Male and Female
Cultural Identity.
1998 – 1999 – Coordinator of research project: Ethnic Minorities in the Region of
Plovdiv.
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2001 - Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, Sofia
Lecturer within the Program: Domestic Violence.
Course: Socio-Cultural Foundations Of Inter-Sexual Violence
Juristic Clinic, The University of Plovdiv
1999 – 2000 Association for Development of the Information Society
Co-author of the First Part of the Project for National Information Infrastructure:
“Informational Centers for Ethnic Minorities and Social Sensitive Groups”.
Professional
memberships
Association Public Health and Human Rights
Bulgarian University Women Association
 Bulgarian Ethnology Association
Bulgarian - native
Languages
English - excellent
Macedonian – very good
Russian – very good
Serbo-Croatian - good
Greek - poor
List of
publications
2004 (to be published) – From Lilith to Eve – back to the lost patriarchal paradise.
Study on the mail-order brides industry in Balkans. In: Mapirane misoginii v Serbia,
Beograd.
2004 - Bulgarian minorities access to public health information, In: Minorities`
access to information in Bulgaria, Balkan Center for Regional Development,
Plovdiv (to be published in November 2004).
2004 - Transnational, Post-national and Multi-level Citizenship: Balkans and the
EU Integration Process, In: Contemporary Citizenship: The Politics of Exclusion
and Inclusion II (Is there a chance for a post-national citizenship, Peace Institute,
Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies will hold an international
conference in Ljubljana,
2003 – Education for Human Rights and Health in Balkans, In: Human Rights and
Public Health in Balkans, Human Rights Club and Institute for Sustainable Healthcare
at BCRD, Plovdiv 2003
.2003 - Trafficking in women in Balkans and its impact to minority communities, In:
Gender and Minorities Awareness Raising Training Seminar Minority Rights Group
International and Women Center, Tirana 2003.
2002 - Socio-Cultural Foundations Of Inter-Sexual Violence, In: Domestic Violence,
Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, Sofia
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2001 - Gender and Democracy in the Information Society. (South)East European
Perspectives, In: Proceedings of National Seminar Females and Information Society,
Sofia
2000 – The Role of Women in Establishing Tolerance and Pluralism in
Multicultural Societies In: Ethnic and National Minorities in Central and East
Europe, Krakow:
2000 – Mother Mary and Fatima in Balkans – Bridges for Inter-Cultural
Communication. In: International Symposium “2000 years of Christian Art and Culture
in Albania”, Tirana
1997 – The Orthodox miracle - a gift or a trial?, In: “Ancestors and Precursors –
Mythologies and Utopias in Balkans” II-nd Winter School in Historical Anthropology,
University of Vienna and the Southwestern University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad
1996 – Socio-cultural Part of the Orthodox Temple in Asenovgrad, In: The little world of
the social changes, IREX Project Sociological Research Methods in Anthropology,
Sofia
1996 – Local Aspects of the Orthodox Calendar. On examples from present-day rituals
in Plovdiv region, In: Folklore Models of the World, National Anthropological
Association “ONGAL”
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