Piroska Kovacs comes from Sombor, Serbia and is completing her final year of a degree in Pedagogy. In 2001, she became a Romani activist in the Cultural Educational Society of Sombor, where she worked as preschool assistant and then teacher. She also carried out research in Sombor to better understand why and how Romani students were pushed out of higher education. In 2005, Kovacs co-founded Eureka, a Romani women’s NGO. Also, since 2005 she has been an assistant at the Office for Roma Inclusion of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in northern Serbia.

Vera Kurtic is a senior graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy in Nis, Sociology Department. Since 1997, she has been actively involved in the work of women's organizations in the territory of South Serbia: SOS Hotline for Battered Women and Children, the Center for Nonviolent Conflict Resolution, and Women's Space. She was one of the founders of Women's Space and currently works there as a Program Coordinator. Kurtic also works within gay and lesbian organizations in Serbia, as an international trainer for Romani women, and as a trainer for the Norwegian People's Aid program "Women Can Do It," for women politicians in Serbia.

Ostalinda Maya joined the European Roma Rights Centre as Women’s Rights Officer in 2005. She is a graduate from the University of Sussex in Social Anthropology and Development Studies and has previously been involved in grassroots work in various countries. In her current position at the ERRC, she promotes initiatives that defend the rights of Romani women and promote activism among Romani women. Maya edited the first publication dedicated entirely to the Romani women’s rights movement. Her efforts were recently recognized by the Spanish Socialist Party, who awarded her the “Clara Campoamor” award for her contribution to gender equality.