#Survivors & relatives of #Filipino women forced into #SexualSlavery by #Japanese in #WWII #dismissed #compensation package. #Rejection after #PresidentFerdinandMarcosJr. last Friday, urged #lawmakers to pass law for #reparation to the sex #slavery victims of Japanese.
An #ElderlyVictim said the move is #TooLate as most victims have already died and it cannot heal the #trauma , #discrimination & #suffering victims like her faced throughout their lives.
https://www.ucanews.com/amp/filipina-victims-of-sex-slavery-say-no-to-compensation/100703
#survivors #filipino #sexualslavery #japanese #wwii #dismissed #compensation #rejection #presidentferdinandmarcosjr #lawmakers #reparation #slavery #elderlyvictim #toolate #trauma #discrimination #suffering #asianmastodon
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"#Bahamian #UN #CEDAW member, #HumanRights #expert & #attorney , Marion Bethel, played a #pivotal role in a #LandmarkRuling for #Filipina #SexualSlavery #victims during the 84th session of the #UnitedNations Committee on the #Elimination of All Forms of #Discrimination against #Women l."
https://ewnews.com/landmark-human-rights-case-handled-by-bahamian-advocate-at-the-un
#Justice #Philippines #Filipino #WarCrimes #ComfortWomen #AsianMastodon #POC #legal #BIPOC #InternationalLaw
#bahamian #un #cedaw #humanrights #expert #attorney #pivotal #landmarkruling #filipina #sexualslavery #victims #unitednations #elimination #discrimination #women #justice #philippines #filipino #warcrimes #comfortwomen #asianmastodon #poc #legal #bipoc #internationallaw
"[#japan PM] Fumio Kishida called for removal [of comfort women statue], saying that it was 'regrettable that it remains in place.' However, the statue has stayed in its place, due to the resistance of local women’s rights organizations"
"The university was also bombarded with malicious letters and emails from the Japanese far-right [to remove the statue]."
"We have to strengthen our alliance... They share our values" 🤡🤡🤡
#korea #ComfortWomen #SexualSlavery
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1083385.html
#japan #korea #comfortwomen #sexualslavery
As a child I was #sexually #trafficked as d #abused in the #Uk Special School System l. repressed it for years, refused to talk about it. it led me to a life of #addiction #crime #mentalillness and eventually to my near death in 2014. I’m #2016 I spent 6 months with #survivors of #humantrafficking #sexualslavery and #exploitation and in #2017 I wrote a #book about it. it changed my life.
buy it here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09SZ4RNZP/ref=dbs_a_def_awm_bibl_vppi_i0
#sexually #trafficked #abused #uk #addiction #crime #mentalillness #survivors #humantrafficking #sexualslavery #exploitation #book