Recipients of the “Anđelka Milić” Award for 2026: Recognition of knowledge, commitment, and responsibility

We are pleased to share that this year’s recipients of the “Anđelka Milić” Award for 2026 are women whose work not only shapes the understanding of gender equality but also influences how society responds to violence.

Women recipients of the Anđelka Milić award for 2026

This award belongs to the women who dared to speak

Photos made by Andjela Zubac

Brain, trauma, and recovery: How modern neuroscience is transforming support for women and children

We need stricter sanctions and for the system to recognize revenge pornography as a separate criminal offense / Illustration: Freepik

After the report against the administrator of the Telegram group where intimate videos of girls were shared was dismissed, the question of why revenge pornography is not a criminal offense has been raised again. One of the victims talks about life after the published video.

Written by Nikolina Ilić

The new study’s findings point out to obstacles that migrant women face in political and democratic participation in Serbia

As a member of the Women in Development Europe+ (WIDE+), a network of associations and activists that fights for women’s rights, NGO Atina has published a comprehensive study “Political and Democratic Participation of Migrant Women in the Republic of Serbia”. This study is part of a series of studies concerning the political and democratic participation of migrant women in Serbia, Denmark, Italy, Germany, and Europe in general.

Photo: website fighterlaw.com

Institutional ethics of care in Serbia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study on the effects of the lockdown measures on girls and women trafficking survivors

Prostitution in Serbia goes under the radar: What are the penalties and whom they are most often imposed on

Author: Nataša Jovanović

01/05/2022

In the action of the Ministry of the Interior at the beginning of April, 29 persons were arrested for “elite prostitution”, among them three pimps and 26 girls. According to the current law, penalties for engaging in prostitution are usually monetary and paid by women, not their clients.

Protecting the right to privacy and data confidentiality of victims of human trafficking

Sexual violence in Serbia: Vicious cycle of distrust towards women and tacit approval of rape

An example of minimum sentence of 3 years of imprisonment for the man who last year attempted to rape a woman in his apartment in Novi Sad, says a lot about the penalties in Serbia.

That notwithstanding, there are examples where penalties were much more severe, and for serious criminal acts against children. One of them, Ninoslav Jovanovic, known as "Barber of Malca", this year has been convicted to life sentence for abduction and rape of a twelve-year-old girl;