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Jelka Kljajić Imširović (Bač, 1947 - Belgrade, 2006) was a Yugoslav dissident and peace activist, a sociologist with principled stance and a critical voice directed equally at the authorities of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ), the regime of Slobodan Milošević, as well as the democratic authorities after the overthrow of Milošević.

Jelka Kljajić Imširović was a participant in student protests in 1968 at Belgrade, and presented her critical review of the Yugoslav, Marxist Praxis - philosophy at the Korčula Summer School in 1971. Together with a group of students from the University of Belgrade who argued that there was a class conflict in the then-socialist state, detrimental for the working class, she was arrested in 1972. She was sentenced to one year and six months in the first instance, and to one year in the second instance verdict, which she served in prison

Despite the experience of prison and the disruption of her scientific career, Jelka Kljajić Imširović continued with both activist and theoretical work.

Before the breakup, and with the wars in the former Yugoslavia, Jelka Kljajić Imširović initiated, participated in a series of anti-war and feminist initiatives. She is one of the founders of the Belgrade Women's Lobby and Women in Black (Belgrade), she was also active in the Women's Parliament, Center for Anti-War Action, Belgrade Circle, Association for Women's Initiative, Women's Studies - Belgrade.