In the photo: Ross Conroy, United States Ambassador to Serbia Christopher Hill, and Marijana Savić

United States Ambassador to Serbia visited NGO “Atina” and presented important messages

NGO “Atina” is one of the key organizations in Serbia which, through a series of direct services and programs, provides assistance to victims of human trafficking, primarily women and children, who are most often victims of trafficking and gender-based violence.

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In order to open a space for activist engagement of women who were in NGO Atina's program, and to advocate for changes in the support system for victims of trafficking and gender-based violence, a Breakthrough Council was formed in the previous year, consisting of girls and women with the experience of violence and exploitation who used the services of the support programs of NGO Atina.

Photo: Profimedia

Without any discussion or explanation, the mother sent her underage daughter with a bag of clothes, stating that the young man was her husband. “When a girl is promised, it is set in stone, there is no refusal”, she was told. The girl was too afraid to say anything, she just cried. In the house where she was married, or sold, she lived with this man and his family. On the same day when she came, she was forced to have her first sexual intercourse with her “husband”, after which she was beaten and threatened, which occurred on a daily basis.

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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.

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Photo belongs to Milica Calija

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Photograph: NGO Atina archive

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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.