Photograph: UNFPA archive from the campaign #LetsTalkAboutPeriods

Photograph: from NGO Atina's archive, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Ms Brankica Janković and Oluwakemi Oyewole Kimi from NGO Atina

World Population Day 2019 marked in Belgrade​

Terms of Reference for the Evaluation Expert

Published on July 1^st, 2019         

Project title: Social entrepreneurship as a tool for the economic empowerment of women and girls victims of trafficking

Trafficking and Femicide: ultimate forms of violence against women

Lately, NGO Atina has been increasingly asked about the connection between femicide and trafficking. However, before the issue was raised at a conference organized in order to mark Women Violence Victims’ National Remembrance Day in May 2019, this very connection wasn’t considered as a specific topic in Serbia. 

Photo: Marija Piroski

Social enterprises, women entrepreneurship and female leadership are intrinsically linked

Ilustration made by Marija Matic Dobre brlje

Where do we draw inspiration from?

Despite numerous campaigns aimed at its suppression, human trafficking still represents one of the greatest issues of not only Serbia, but the whole world. Speaking of her experience in dealing with women who survived human trafficking, Sanja Kandic from “Atina” points out that they had previously been victims of violence, and that they were not recognized by the system at all. “Consequently, this leads to the fact that, as victims, they are invisible which means that the femicide itself is invisible.

Specific support measures to combat all forms of violence against women 

NGO Atina signatory to a petition to the President of the European Council 

NGO Atina signed a Petition submitted by civil society organizations from the Western Balkans to the President of the European Council, Mr. Donald Tusk, regarding the opening of accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Albania in June 2019. The Petition, signed by 85 CSOs and 11 individuals from the Western Balkans, was forwarded to the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker.