Jagoda Savić

Jagoda Savić was born in 1960 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina where she went to primary and secondary school. She then went on to study in Belgrade graduating at the Sociology Department of the Faculty of Philosophy. She is fluent in English and Italian.

Jagoda is engaged in the human rights work, mainly to do with the rights of children. She is also involved in defending publicly joint interests, moral values, and calls for legal action.

She started several media projects on child protection in the post-war period helping children with setting their life goals and directions to follow as a guide. The main focus of the projects was on developing cognitive concepts with children.

Some of her past jobs were related to the issues of mental health, psychotherapy and, particularly to the development of coping skills, and coping strategies. One of her past jobs was related to the issues of domestic violence. She also took part in a number of different trainings on developing communication skills.

Jagoda dared challenge some authorities in the country such as the State President (1998). She also probed some taboo issues like domestic violence (2000), pharmacological lobby (2002), and child trafficking (2004). As a result she was subjected to various pressures by both certain groups and individuals in the Bosnian society.

Jagoda Savic is not a member of any political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is committed to the idea of peaceful cohabitation of all ethnic groups, and supportive of the ideas of religious tolerance, moderate political orientation, and European integrations.

Jagoda is a single mother with a son who is over 18 years of age. She is an Orthodox Christian. Her private life is carefully protected.
Originally from Montenegro, the Savić’s have existed for five centuries living for the past three in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The family history was presented in the book "Borač and Savići " that was published in 2004.