Zlata Grebo

Professor of demography and sociology. Born in Trebinje, she became the first dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and president of the University Council at the University of Sarajevo. She studied demographic policies and the role of women in the development of society, and participated in the preparation of methodology for the 1971 census. At the World Congress of Women in Helsinki in 1969 she was a member of the Yugoslav delegation. She published numerous research papers and authored the book “Wishes and fears of the Yugoslavian woman” (1965). She received the Veselin Masleša Award (1976) for her scientific achievements. She is widely credited for the emancipation of Bosnian society in the second half of the 20th century, especially women.