Atina

Merci. Hvala.

Excellencies, dear guests, colleagues and friends, and my Atina family,

I’ll start with a confession—I never really saw myself as a person who receives medals. But here we are, and if there’s one thing I know for sure, this honor does not belong to me ALONE  but to all of us.

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At the meeting with the Commissioner on the protection of gender-based violence victims

At the meeting with the Commissioner on the protection of gender-based violence victims

The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality has, together with her advisors, attended a working meeting with the members of the Advocacy Group of women and girls gathered around NGO Atina, during which they discussed the improvement of mechanisms for the protection of the rights and the position of victims of all forms of gender-based violence.

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3 reasons why “girls on the move” are not the same as boys

Photo: EPA-EFE / Mohammed Saber

3 reasons why “Girls on the move” are not the same as boys

Girls on the move are often not considered separetly in migration policy and programs. Often, they are just lumped together with “unaccompanied minors” or “children migrants”. However, this lack of gender analysis hides the unique situation and experiences of girls migrating, and usually renders their specific problems and needs invisible. Girls on the move are not the same as boys, for three specific reasons:

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Our “girls on the move” in Serbia: their stories

Photo: Eric Gay/Pool za Reuters

Our “girls on the move” in Serbia: their stories

In Serbia, there are also many “girls on the move” – by which we mean girls and young women who are migrating from their home countries. Girls on the move are not usually the priority for policymakers and their stories often go unheard. However, their experiences are crucial for us to understand what happens at the intersection of women, migrant and child’s rights.

Who are our “girls on the move”?

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