Rada Borić
Rada Borić | |
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| Member of the Croatian Parliament for 6th electoral district | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tomislav Tomašević |
| Member of the Croatian Parliament for 7th electoral district | |
| In office 22 July 2020 – 16 May 2024 Serving with
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1951 |
| Party | New Left (2016–present) We Can! (2023–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb |
Rada Borić (born 1951) is a Croatian politician, scholar, feminist, and women's rights activist. She has served as member of the Croatian Parliament from 2020 to 2021 and since 2024. She is one of the founders and the current vice-president of the New Left political party, and a member of the green-left We Can! party.
While working in Finland, she edited the first Finnish-Croatian / Croatian-Finnish dictionary, ensuring that all nouns included both the feminine and masculine forms. She was among the founders of the Centar za ženske studije (Center for Women's Studies) in 1995, the first gender studies program in Croatia. She has been recognized for her work on programs that protect and promote women by the Order of the White Rose of Finland and the Order of the Croatian Interlace.