Genoveva Tisheva

Nationality(-ies)

Bulgarian

Date of birth

01/02/1957

Gender

Female

Desired employment / Occupational field

Legal Expert in the field of Gender Equality

Work experience

Dates		1998 -
Occupation or position held		Managing Director
Main activities and responsibilities		Overall coordination and representation of the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, numerous administrative tasks, responsibility for the main projects of the organization, especially the legal projects and research activities; coordination of national and regional research projects; dealing with negotiations –nationally and internationally at a daily basis, coordination of the staff and the representatives of the BGRF- about 15 people as a whole and also of a network of human rights lawyers in Sofia/about 10 people/; extensive international travel and professional exposure; tasks involving fundraising and networking at a daily basis. Coordinator of the research projects and legal projects of the BGRF , and especially those related to socio-economic rights ; drafting legislation on VAW, and namely drafting and leadership for promoting the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence, as well as drafting the Law on equal opportunities of men and women. Drafting reports and analyses on the legislation and gender equality policy of the Bulgarian government, as well as on the situation in the field of HR and socio-economic rights more in general. Management from the BGRF of the WHRTI/ Women’ s Human Rights Training Institute/- a joint project of the BGRF, the Centre for Reproductive Rights/CRR/ and NEWW/ Network of East-West Women/ . Main topics- gender discrimination in employment, VAW. Bringing individual cases for violation of women’ s socio- economic rights and on gender equality before the court, the Commission for Protection from Discrimination, etc.
Name and address of employer		Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, 5, Evlogui Gueorguiev blvd. Sofia-1142, Bulgaria
Type of business or sector		Non-governmental sector

Dates		1996-1998
Occupation or position held		Executive Director
Main activities and responsibilities		Responsible fro the overall coordination, representation and daily functioning of the organization, national and international contacts and negotiations, fundraising and networking with other HR organizations, responsibility for about 10 people staff plus a network of legal experts delivering monitoring reports on priority human rights areas/ about 12 people/; overall responsibility for a regular publication- the Human Rights Journal- the first professional publication of that kind in Bulgaria; organization of seminars and conferences, round-tables on human rights issues/ for ex. about 10 such events only in 1997/; organizing international training and exchange of legal professionals. Participation in working groups for drafting legislation at governmental and NGO level
Name and address of employer		Bulgarian Centre for Human Rights, Sofia, Bulgaria
Type of business or sector		Non-governmental sector

Dates		1982-1996
Occupation or position held		Chief Legal Adviser
Main activities and responsibilities		Responsible for the overall legal management and services in the company, supervising 7 people staff, responsible for reviewing the contracts in all the departments/ national and international /, drafting contracts at daily basis, legal advice for the management and the personnel, legal analysis of the company prior to privatization, responsibility for the overall representation in courts, arbitration courts and other institutions in procedures where the company was involved, legal representation of the company/ 2-3 cases per week /on the average/; extensive participation in negotiations- with national and international partners
Name and address of employer		Machinoexport Ltd., 5, Aksakov st., Sofia, Bulgaria
Type of business or sector		Business sector