Marijana Savić is a Serbian women's and human rights activist. She is the founder and Executive Director of the NGO Atina, working with victims of

trafficking Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. More broadly, soc ...

sexual abuse Sexual abuse or sex abuse is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using physical force, or by taking advantage of another. It often consists of a persistent pattern of sexual assaults. The offender is re ...

, discrimination, violence and

labor exploitation Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of ...

in Serbia.

Life

Savić was born in

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, in what is today

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. Her experience from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s has made her committed to ending violence. During the 1990s she took part in rallies for

peace Peace is a state of harmony in the absence of hostility and violence, and everything that discusses achieving human welfare through justice and peaceful conditions. In a societal sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (suc ...

, and at the turn of the millennium,

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

and

LGBTQ rights Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality. Nota ...

. In 2004 she founded an organization called ''Atina'' in

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

, "Association of Citizens to Combat Human Trafficking and all Forms of Gender-Based Violence". As part of the work of the association, she established the first shelter for

survivors in the country. Savic has also worked as a consultant for state governments and international NGOs, on how to include trafficking victims in human rights policy. Her work has been highlighted by actors such as

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and

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. She has a

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from the

University of Podgorica The University of Montenegro () is a national public university of Montenegro. Its central administration and most of its constituent Faculty (division), faculties are located in the country's capital Podgorica, with campuses in Nikšić, Cet ...

References

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