Majority of 18 and 19 years old high school girls in Belgrade, Vranje, Novi Pazar, Kikinda and Jagodina are convinced that they should suffer for their families and that motherhood is the most important role of a woman.

A recent survey on the correlation between gender stereotypes and gender-based violence has shown that a significant number of women would neither leave their violent partner nor report violence.

Also, a great number of girls believe that the most important mission for a woman is to be fulfilled through a mother’s role and that her value is measured by her eagerness to sacrifice for her children and family.

Photograph: NGO Atina archive

Social entrepreneurship as a means of economic empowerment of women and girls who survived human trafficking​

On 15th of November 2018, in Novi Sad was held the 6th Conference named "Freedom doesn’t have a price“, organized by the Informal Youth Group "Freedom doesn’t have a price" with the support of Novi Sad Youth Capital of Europe 2019 – OPENS.

Association Atina has submitted a report on the application of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence to the GREVIO expert group.  The emphasis of Atina’s report was placed on the violence against women among refugee and migrant population, which has been in focus since the breakout of the migrant crisis in the summer of 2015. 

Association Atina has submitted a report on the application of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence to the GREVIO expert group.  The emphasis of Atina’s report was placed on the violence against women among refugee and migrant population, which has been in focus since the breakout of the migrant crisis in the summer of 2015. 

A representative of Belgrade Citizens’ Association Atina Andrijana Radojcic has stated on Thursday in Vranje that the Local network in Vranje is an example of work at local level and how to combat human trafficking.

Photograph: Archive of NGO Atina

Even two-thirds of women refugees, who have been involved in a pilot survey on gender-based violence among migrants, have experienced some type of phisycal or sexual abuse.

The Council of Europe presented its new report on protecting refugee children from sexual exploitation and abuse which identified that the key challenges are data collection, victims’ identification and their protection. 

While there is no aggregated data available on the total number of children affected by refugee crisis in Europe, the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children assesses that in 2015 at least 337,000 children were registered as asylum seekers, 88,300 of whom were unaccompanied.