Nevenka Petrić

Nevenka Petrić (11 March 1927, Maslovare – 27 December 2015 Belgrade) was a Serbian writer, poet, educationalist, and expert in the fields of family planning and gender relations.

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.

Nevenka Petrić was born on 11 March 1927 at Maslovare (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Republika Srpska, Bosnia).

During the War of Liberation in Yugoslavia (1941–1945), Nevenka Petrić was a fighter against the German occupiers and collaborators, and after a short while, she became the youth leader of her troop, battalion, unit, and later the Banja Luka district and the whole of central Bosnia.

She was actively engaged in creating anti-fascist youth organizations in both free and occupied territories, among civilians and the army.

She was the director for the UN international course The Humanization of Relations Between the Sexes and Responsible Parenthood, affiliated to the Rector's Office of the Sarajevo University, from 1982 until 1992.

In this capacity, she was occasionally involved in implementation of certain scientific and research projects in India, Indonesia, Greece, Romania, and other countries.

She is also a member of the Committee for International Cooperation of the Republic SUBNOR (Union of Associations of Fighters in the War of Liberation 1941–1945) for Serbia.

Nevenka's mother, Natalija Petrić née Popović, teacher, participant of the War of Liberation since 1941
Nevenka's father, Vaso Petrić, merchant and mayor of Maslovare, local uprising organizer
Nevenka Petrić, 1945
Dr. Nevenka Petrić gives one of many expert presentations related to planned parenthood and youth education