Jelka Glumičić (11 November 1941– 30 December 2020) was a human rights activist and founder of the Karlovac Human Rights Committee (in 1993), Committee for Women's Rights, Helpline for Women and Children, and of a sheltered housing project for the aged. Glumičić, in partnership with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), founded a refugee support organization in 1997 that assisted over 20,000 refugees.[1] Her work included legal, humanitarian, and psychosocial assistance to homeless internally displaced persons during the 1991–1995 war and to returnees after the war.[2]
Jelka Glumičić | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 11, 1941 |
| Died | December 30, 2020 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Human rights activist |
| Known for | Founder of the Karlovac Human Rights Committee |
| Awards | Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (2005) |
In 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the organisation 1000 PeaceWomen, along with a group of 1000 women activists from around the globe.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Jelka Glumicic". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Srbi nezadovoljni u Hrvatskoj - Komentar - DW - 23.12.2009". DW.COM.
- ^ "Friedensfrauen weltweit". buchdeutsch.1000peacewomen.org. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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