Jelka Glumičić Explained

Jelka Glumičić (11 November 1941 in Netreti%C4%87, Independent State of Croatia - 30 December 2020 Karlovac) 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 1991-95 war and to returnees after the war.[2]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jelka Glumicic . April 20, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719054854/http://www.1000peacewomen.org/eng/friedensfrauen_biographien_gefunden.php?WomenID=1461 . July 19, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Srbi nezadovoljni u Hrvatskoj - Komentar - DW - 23.12.2009. DW.COM.
  3. Web site: Friedensfrauen weltweit. 2020-10-13. buchdeutsch.1000peacewomen.org.