Executive Director, MDRI-Serbia
Snezana is a co-founder and the Executive Director of Mental Disability Rights Initiative in Serbia (MDRI-S), an affiliate of Disability Rights International, founded in 2008 to support national advocacy movement of persons with intellectual and mental disabilities and perform oversight of their human rights in Serbia.
Snezana started as a working group member of the Ministry of Education of Serbia, formed to write laws and by-laws on education and inclusive education. She leads the organization's work on human rights monitoring and capacity building, especially for organizations of persons with disabilities and parents of children with developmental disabilities. She also trains civil society organization representatives on inclusive education, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and international disability rights standards.
Some of her research projects include the study of education for children with disabilities living in social welfare institutions, the design of individual educational plans in schools in Serbia, court practices in proceedings for deprivation of legal capacity, practice of social work centers in procedures regarding deprivation of legal capacity, and the employment of people with mental disabilities.
Snezana is an author and co-author of numerous publications on disability rights in Serbia, which are available on the MDRI-S website.