Webzine-KYEOL │ Research Institute on Japanese Military Sexsual Slavery (RIMSS)

Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust and Afterward

This article foregrounds the long-overlooked sexual violence perpetrated against Jewish women during the Holocaust. It calls for fuller integration of survivors’ testimonies of sexual violence into our understanding of Holocaust history and prompts recognition of the ongoing reality of conflict-related sexual violence today.

Rochelle G. Saidel

A “Comfort Woman” Who Has Yet to Return Home, a Memory That Has Yet to Be Mourned: The Name Bae Bong-gi

Is it still possible to remember Bae Bong-gi’s life and mourn her death beyond the adversarial structure between nations?

Kim Shin Hyun-gyung

“Stop Using Women’s Bodies as Battlefields!”

Iryna Dovhan, head of SEMA Ukraine, condemns the severe violence and suffering endured by countless women during the Ukraine-Russia war, which has persisted for over a decade.

Iryna Dovhan

“Rape and Gender Violence are part of TRC’s Unfinished Business”: South Africa’s Ongoing Quest for Gender Justice (1)

Colonialism and apartheid were both predicated on the marginalization and subjugation of the population in terms of race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and culture.

Helen Scanlon

The Politics of Memory in the BTS Fandom to Resist Historical Revisionism

Lee Jeeheng

A Conversation with Stanislava Staša Zajović of Women in Black Belgrade (2)

The feminist ethic of care entails not only taking care of myself but also extending care to the victims of crimes committed against others.

Stanislava Staša Zajović

A Conversation with Sue Finch of Women in Black London (3)

The World Court of Women has held over 30 sessions since 1992, hearing from survivors of violence, conflict and war from around the world.

Sue Finch

A Conversation with Sue Finch of Women in Black London (2)

Violence, militarism and war are gendered phenomena, and peace activism, to be effective, must likewise be gender analytical and gender aware.

Sue Finch

Beyond Nationalism: The Ongoing History of the “Comfort Women” and Gender Politics

Carol Gluck

Here and now, what is the “issue” of Comfort Women for the Japanese military?

Now that a considerable amount of time has passed since the issue of the Japanese military “Comfort Women” was publicized, what are the questions young researchers are asking here?

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Current Issue