Marija Anđelkovic is director and one of the founders of the NGO ASTRA-Anti Trafficking Action, the first grass root women’s NGO combating trafficking in human beings. She is a lawyer by profession with more than 20 years of experience in the field of gender-based violence and one of the first civil society activists to raise the issue of human trafficking in the Balkan region, advocating for improving the position of victims and respect of victims’ rights. She has experience in direct victims’ assistance to more than 500 victims as well as in prevention and education activities as a 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, manuals, articles and shadow reports on human trafficking. Her work and the work of ASTRA has influenced shaping and delivering policy and practice across the region.