Innovative tools and training boost response to migrant trafficking victims in Serbia

March 27, 2025

Strengthening regional cooperation: New approaches to combat human trafficking and gender-based violence among migrants

Report from the Second community of practice: Enhancing joint responses to human trafficking and gender-based violence among migrant populations

A new professional association, the Women's Judicial Center, has been established

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality: Warning to the public regarding inadmissible content on Happy TV

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Women activists from the Western Balkans and Turkey determined to change the way they prevent violence against migrant women

A threat is violence in itself, and it must be treated that way. It is also necessary to develop society consciousness that violence is unacceptable, including the social responsibility of reporting it. Children should be spoken to on these topics as early as elementary school, especially boys, who should be ‘equally repelled by rape as by cannibalism’.

Andrijana Radoičić Nedeljković: Victims need safety, security, and certainty

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Girls in Serbia often suffer various forms of discrimination or gender-based violence, and the most drastic issue are child marriages, according to the nongovernmental organization "Atina".

A social worker from that organization, Andrijana Radoičić Nedeljković, told the Voice of America that girls face inequality almost from conception.

5 Female Activists Working to End Femicide — And How You Can Get Involved

1. Victims must be informed of all their rights and informed in a timely manner of all services and the functioning of the entire support mechanism and the clear mandates of all actors involved, in a way that is clear and understandable to them.
2. It is necessary to establish the entire support mechanism on the needs of the victim and respect the full participation of the victim, for the support system to be centered on the victim, to move from "work for the victim" to "work with the victim". Not only to be asked but also to be heard.