Nevenka Petrić

Nevenka Petrić was a Serbian writer, poet, educationalist, and expert in the fields of family planning and gender relations. She joined the Partisans at the age of 14. She became a youth leader and then a head of Health and Social Policy in Yugoslavian local government. She was a member of the Yugoslav women's assembly, secretary of the Conference for Social Activity of Yugoslav Women (1961–69), and president of the Family Planning Council of Yugoslavia (1968–76). She represented Europe on the Central Council of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and was president of that body's European committee for education. She assisted the United Nations Population Fund's research projects and also directed a UN course on gender relations and parenthood for students from developing countries.