Thematic Focus
We remember, therefore we exist
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My Mother Is More Than A Comfort Woman: A Storybook of the Lolas from Their Daughters’ Perspectives- Activism
- Naoko Okimoto (沖本直子)
My Mother Is More Than A Comfort Woman is a storybook that presents the experiences of Filipino “Com...
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Art as a Messenger of Women’s Stories
- Culture
- Rose Camastro-Pritchett
Rose Camastro-Pritchett’s “Comfort Women” project uses art to honor the dignity and strength of surv...
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Tackling Contested Histories for a Deeper Understanding of the Past and Present
- Activism
- Paula O’Donohoe
The Contested Histories Initiative (CHI) is a Europe-based NGO dedicated to studying disputes over h...
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Educating Difficult Histories and the Case of the “Comfort Women”
- Education
- Paula O’Donohoe
The Contested Histories Initiative (CHI) is a Europe-based NGO dedicated to studying disputes over h...
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“Comfort Girls”: The Forgotten Tragedy of Child Exploitation
- Historical Memory
- Ñusta Carranza Ko
The “Comfort Women” system was not only a violation of women’s rights, but also a grave infringement of children’s rights. In this article, Professor Ñusta Carranza Ko examines how imperial Japanese authorities systematically violated the rights of underage girls, in direct contravention of international conventions of the time, reframing the issue as a case of child rights violations.