Bagel Bejgl is not a bakery, but a vision of future​

Jelena Hrnjak on courage and women's social entrepreneurship

A whole class of high school students, which means some thirty persons per year, end up in the human trafficking chain and exploited according to the Citizens' Association Atina, a licensed organization providing accommodation and comprehensive assistance to the victims of this form of crime in Serbia. Particularly vulnerable groups are young girls 15-20 years old, this Association warns.

What comes after trafficking?

Ministry of Justice: How does the Domestic Violence Prevention Act treat the protection of human trafficking victims?

Opinion taken from the Ministry of Justice website via the following link: https://mpravde.gov.rs/sekcija/17548/trgovina-ljudima-.php

Child migrants and refugees who are passing through Serbia are facing a great risk of becoming human trafficking victims, as marked at the conference "Children are not for sale" that focused on risks of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual and other forms of exploitation of children and young refugees and migrants.

Photo belongs to Milica Calija

Social entrepreneurship as a means of economic empowerment of women

Tar and feathers without condemnation

Leader of the Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj, threatened a member of Democrat Party, Aleksandra Jerkov, with tarring and head-shaving, while all Serbian institutions, except for the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic and a number of opposition MPs ignored these threats, the same as last year when the leader of Serbian Radical Party called his colleague "Ustasha whore". 

Photograph: Red Cross Subotica

Presentation of the Economic empowerment program for human trafficking victims​

Photography: NGO Atina archive

Economic empowerment to full independence

Photograph: Archive of NGO Atina

Key words of social entrepreneurship - networking, cooperation and support​