All Contents
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- A Conversation with Stanislava Staša Zajović of Women in Black Belgrade (1)
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Women who dare to speak out about sexual violence experience overwhelming anxiety across various aspects of their lives.
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- A Conversation with Sue Finch of Women in Black London (3)
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The World Court of Women has held over 30 sessions since 1992, hearing from survivors of violence, conflict and war from around the world.
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- A Conversation with Sue Finch of Women in Black London (2)
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Violence, militarism and war are gendered phenomena, and peace activism, to be effective, must likewise be gender analytical and gender aware.
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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.