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Jelka Glumičić

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Jelka Glumičić
Born(1941-11-11)November 11, 1941
DiedDecember 30, 2020(2020-12-30) (aged 79)
OccupationHuman rights activist
Known forFounder of the Karlovac Human Rights Committee
AwardsNominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (2005)

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]

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

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  1. ^ "Jelka Glumicic". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Srbi nezadovoljni u Hrvatskoj - Komentar - DW - 23.12.2009". DW.COM.
  3. ^ "Friedensfrauen weltweit". buchdeutsch.1000peacewomen.org. Retrieved 13 October 2020.