About me
Marija Anđelkovic is director and one of the founders of NGO ASTRA-Anti trafficking action, the first grass root NGO combating trafficking in human beings. She is a lawyer by profession with 25 years of experience in field of anti-trafficking and one of the first civil society activists to raise the issue of labour exploitation in Balkan region, advocating for improving the position of victims and respect of victim’s rights. She has experience in direct victims’ assistance to more than 600 victims as well as in prevention and education activities as trainer and lecturer in Serbia and abroad sharing her anti-trafficking expertise with professionals from governmental institutions and NGOs. She was a member of working groups for developing and monitoring strategic anti-trafficking documents in Serbia. She is an author of numerous publications, manual, articles and shadow reports on human trafficking. Her work and work of ASTRA has influenced shaping and delivering of policy and practice across the region.
