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Activism For “Comfort Women” Litigation with Global Citizens and Future Generations!

Reflecting on and exploring how to record, remember, and carry forward the history of the “Comfort Women” beyond the framework of legal remedies.

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Activism Second “‘Comfort Women’ Litigation” Ruling Becomes “Magna Carta” of International Human Rights Law

Attorney Sanghee Lee, the head of the Lawyers for the Democratic Society Task Force addressing the Japanese Military “Comfort Women” Issue

Sanghee Lee

A History of Defeat, Yet a Triumph of Solidarity for “Human Dignity” Panel discussion

Activism A History of Defeat, Yet a Triumph of Solidarity for “Human Dignity”

Legal experts and “Comfort Women” movement activists reflect on the 34-year legal struggle to resolve the Japanese Military “Comfort Women” issue.

Editorial Team of Webzine <Kyeol>

Historical Memory How Can Perpetrators Bear Responsibility?

Testimony and publishing activities concerning wartime sexual violence and “Comfort Women” carried out by the Association of Returnees from China (Chukiren), which atoned for their perpetrators’ actions in postwar Japanese society.

Kim Su-yong

Current Issue Law, Myth, and the Long Work of Reform

Drawing on legal reforms across different countries and cultural contexts, the author, a legal scholar, examines how rape myths continue to shape sexual assault laws and legal outcomes and proposes measures for reform.

Ramona Albin

Culture An Answer Possible Only in This Moment

Exploring the “Comfort Women” through Miji Ih’s three-part project Münder and the exhibition Mangshitori

Miji Ih

A World Free from Exploitation: A Conversation with Joanna Ewart-James of Freedom United

Activism A World Free from Exploitation

In this conversation, Freedom United Executive Director Joanna Ewart-James and Kyeol examine how modern slavery is sustained by social and institutional systems, how collective action can drive meaningful change, and how historical awareness can deepen our understanding of injustices that persist today.

Joanna Ewart-James

Culture Art as Witness

What can art accomplish beyond aesthetics? Randy Jayne Rosenberg examines how it can preserve marginalized histories, support survivor testimony, and move audiences from observation toward ethical responsibility.

Randy Jayne Rosenberg

Activism Inside the Asia Pacific Peace Museum in Toronto

The Asia Pacific Peace Museum in Toronto, one of the few museums outside Asia dedicated to World War II in Asia, offers education that encourages critical reflection on war, memory, and peace.

Flora Mei-Ling Chong

“Changing the Culture That Makes Violence Possible”: Asian Women’s Shelter on Advocacy, Trafficking, Public Awareness, and Global Gender Justice – Interview with Orchid Pusey (2)

Activism “Changing the Culture That Makes Violence Possible”: Interview with Orchid Pusey of Asian Women's Shelter (2)

Asian Women’s Shelter’s executive director shares how the organization began and how it works to serve “not either/or, but all” communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Orchid Pusey

Activism A Place Where Survivors Know They Belong: Interview with Orchid Pusey of Asian Women's Shelter (1)

Asian Women’s Shelter’s executive director shares how the organization began and how it works to serve “not either/or, but all” communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Orchid Pusey

Activism Navigating Memory Wars: A Research Journey Through the Politics of "Comfort Women" Commemoration

The spread of “Comfort Women” memorials across different cities and countries offers insights into both possibilities and the limits of memory activism, especially in an era when the world continues to confront the legacies of colonialism, racism, and historical injustice.

Dr. Daniel Schumacher

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