The Advocacy Group represents a type of spice; when you prepare a meal and put the spice, the smell will be felt everywhere. When the organizations talked about our problems, I don't think anyone cared because they just said: okay, now you've shared it, and that's fine. But this Advocacy Group shows who the people behind the name "refugees" really are. They are smart, they are strong, they are empowered women who are behind that refugee label. ~ Christa, from the film “Women on the Move”

Photo: RTV (Kristijan Takač)

Refuge brings numerous challenges and dangers, with women and children being most at risk on that journey into the unknown. Passing through different countries whose language they do not speak, where they meet strangers every day, makes the refugee population particularly vulnerable.

Photo: NGO Atina's archive

Lidija Đorđević from NGO Atina: The voices of women with the experience of violence need to be heard and appreciated. It makes a difference and brings about change.

Photograph: V.Veličković “Freedom has no price”

What is your understanding of the "Circle of support“

Photograph: NGO Atina's archive

Raise your voice and make a difference

“I had to give a statement five times, once to the police, once to the prosecutor, and three more times when I appeared in court. I want us to try to change that, and stop making other victims feel as if they are the ones standing trial.”

Maja, twenty-year-old victim of human trafficking