Name Jelka Glumicic | Role Activist | |
Jelka Glumičić (born 11 November 1941 in Karlovac, Croatia) is a human rights activist and founder of the Karlovac Human Rights Committee, 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 provided assistance to over 20,000 refugees. Her work includes speaking out on behalf of Serb refugees.
In 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as part of 1000 PeaceWomen, a group of 1000 women activists from around the globe.
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