All Contents
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- A Conversation with Sue Finch of Women in Black London (1)
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As the history of Women in Black shows, each Women in Black group has its own approach to feminist action, growing out of their local situation, but linked to each other through international theories and conferences.
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- “Comfort Women” Issue and Japanese Legislative Movement Part 2
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The male-centric society in Japan is the root cause of the “Comfort Women” issue. Ultimately, I am convinced that this structural problem is why the Japanese National Diet has been unable to enact legislation on its own.
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- “Comfort Women” Issue and Japanese Legislative Movement Part 1
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All things considered, Japan must bear responsibility as a nation. To reignite the movement, a civic movement aimed at achieving legislative resolution was needed. In December 1996, the “Gathering for Legislative Resolution of the “Comfort Women” Issue” was established, with Attorney Tsuchiya Koken as the Chairman, Professor Arai Shinichi from Surugadai University as the Vice Chairman, and Arimitsu Ken serving as the Secretariat Liaison.
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- Do You Deserve the “You Did Good” Speech?
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The Philippines’ ninth Periodic Report on the implementation of the CEDAW cites the Safe Spaces Act and the Anti-Mail Order Spouse Act, but there is no mention of the “Comfort Women.” When asked, the Philippine Commission on Women gives sympathetic statements
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- Documenting Imperial Japanese Military’s Atrocities Against Women in China
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While warfare continues inflicting damage and suffering in today’s world, and rape of women is still used as an instrument of armed conflicts, it is critical to bring the narratives of the “Comfort Women” into public memory.
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- Sad Paradise of Taiwan During the Cold War, Paradise in Service
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The Japanese comfort stations disappeared as World War II ended with Japan's defeat. However, this was not the end of them.
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- Japanese Military “Comfort Women” in the Dutch East Indies and the Batavia Temporary Court Martial
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Notably, the Batavia Court Martial adjudicated a case involving the Japanese military’s exploitation of Dutch women as “Comfort Women.” This stood as the only trial that addressed perpetrators who abducted women for the purpose of forced prostitution among post-World War II war crime tribunals under international law.
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- The Victory of “Patriots without the State”
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This victory is just the beginning, not the end. (…) I hope that this verdict will inspire more survivors to find the courage to testify about their experiences, allowing Korean society to empathize with them and reflect on past violence and injustice and move forward into a new future.
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- A New Political Horizon Opening with Wounds - Report on the International Conference on Women’s Rights and Peace 2022
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The Japanese military “comfort women” have been a subject of transnational feminism that criticizes the patriarchy of war and talks about peace and a symbol connected to the unfinished issue, sexual violence against women.
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- Reflections on Reading Statements from Japanese Military War Criminals
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Confucius once said that failure to learn and think critically can lead to delusion and danger. However, can’t we minimize the misfortunes of our world by cultivating the power to think without necessarily recalling Confucius' statement?