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Dee Ayroso | Jul 11, 2024
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Discomfort of comfort women: An outcry for justice
Discomfort of comfort women: An outcry for justice
By AILA JOSOL and YZELLE ROSE PADA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Women’s group Lila Pilipina denounced the Philippine-Japan military pact as the Japanese failed to acknowledge their war crimes against Filipinos and comfort women. "They are again talking about war measures...
Proposed military pact with Japan to intensify conflict in West PH Sea, groups say
Proposed military pact with Japan to intensify conflict in West PH Sea, groups say
Women’s group Gabriela similarly denounced the Reciprocal Access Agreement, citing that Japan has yet to apologize for its atrocities during the war that involved sexual slavery.
Remembering Richie Extremadura and the comfort women’s undying call for justice
Remembering Richie Extremadura and the comfort women’s undying call for justice
Richie, former national coordinator of Lila Pilipina, passed away on August 25 due to anemia and complications from diabetes. Her leadership in Lila Pilipina pushed forward the fight of the comfort women movement for decades in the Philippines. Amid disinformation and wars of aggression, her legacy is worth remembering.
Filipino comfort women decry decades-long injustice
Filipino comfort women decry decades-long injustice
Lila Pilipina expressed hopes in a media forum at the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) on March 23 that their struggle for historical inclusion, recognition, and justice will be finally achieved, especially given the upcoming 2022 polls.
Ang alaala ng mga Rosa Henson
Ang alaala ng mga Rosa Henson
Sa halip na kilalanin bilang opisyal na ginawa ng pamahalaan noong digmaan at humingi ng tawad sa pang-aabuso, ang ginawa ng mga Hapon ay magtatag ng AWF o Asian Women’s Fund na isang pribadong pondo para sa pantulong sa mga comfort women. Marami pang kakulangan sa pagkilala sa mga naranasan ng mga comfort women. Binubura ang kanilang mga alaala sa bawat mga opisyal na pagtanggi ng kanilang pag-iral. Maraming bayan, lalo na sa Hapon, ang hindi nakapaloob ang karanasan ng mga comfort women bilang bahagi ng pagtalakay sa kasaysayan.
On Independence Day, comfort women protest PH gov’t bowing to Japanese gov’t
On Independence Day, comfort women protest PH gov’t bowing to Japanese gov’t
MANILA – On Independence Day, June 12, members of Lila Pilipinas an organization of comfort women, Flowers4Lolas and supporters braved the rain to protest the removal of the comfort woman statue at Roxas Boulevard in Manila. Lila Pilipina criticized the government...
Gabriela condemns govt’s removal of comfort woman statue
Gabriela condemns govt’s removal of comfort woman statue
“The comfort woman statue supposedly serves as a reminder to future generations of Japan’s atrocities and abuses against Filipino women during the Second World War, and women’s historical victimization in times of wars of aggression."
‘Comfort women’ want Japan’s apology, not VFA
‘Comfort women’ want Japan’s apology, not VFA
“Emperor Akihito’s state visit, prompting the Visiting Forces Agreement between Japan and the Philippines, betrays Japan’s real intentions to bully Asia militarily.”
70 years after World War II, comfort women still call for justice
70 years after World War II, comfort women still call for justice
“All we want is justice. Some of us have died already, yet there is still no justice. Until when are we going to wait?”
Comfort women criticize Aquino for ignoring their demand for justice from Japan
Comfort women criticize Aquino for ignoring their demand for justice from Japan
“It is abominable that Aquino did not even put on the agenda of his P8.8-million state visit to Japan the plight of Filipino comfort women and instead expressed his support for Japan in its plan to revitalize its military expansionist policy and the resurgent militarism in the whole Asia-Pacific region.” – Gabriela
Comfort women ‘rise’ for justice
Comfort women ‘rise’ for justice
“Why should we be surprised that there are still victims of sex trafficking today when justice has yet to be served for these women, who we consider as among the first cases of trafficked women?” – Monique Wilson, performing artist and global director of One Billion Rising
News in Pictures: Lolas Lament Slow Pace of Justice, Hit Aquino for Failed Promise
News in Pictures: Lolas Lament Slow Pace of Justice, Hit Aquino for Failed Promise
The lolas (grandmothers) of Lila Filipina, an organization of former “comfort women,” stormed the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday to demand justice from the government of Japan for the crimes they committed during World War II. The lolas proceeded to Don Chino Bridge near Malacañang gate and brought with them a letter addressed to President Benigno S. Aquino III, asking why he failed to fulfill his promise of obtaining any measure of justice for them. (Photos courtesy of Gabriela / bulatlat.com)
For More Than Half a Century, Justice Remains Elusive to Filipino Comfort Women
For More Than Half a Century, Justice Remains Elusive to Filipino Comfort Women
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Lila Pilipina, the organization of Filipino women who were used as sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, said the Supreme Court decision denying their petition to hold the Japanese government accountable for its crimes against them, which was penned by Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, was not only plagiarized but was also “twisted.”
It’s Now or Never: Gabriela Solons urge Pres. Aquino to Demand Japanese Government’s Public Apology to the Filipino Comfort Women
It’s Now or Never: Gabriela Solons urge Pres. Aquino to Demand Japanese Government’s Public Apology to the Filipino Comfort Women
PRESS RELEASE November 8, 2010 “Since the issue of the Filipino comfort women was first made known to the public in 1991, justice remains elusive to this day,” said Representative Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party as a house resolution is filed today expressing...
Video: Justice, Compensation Remain Elusive to ‘Comfort Women’ in Philippines
Video: Justice, Compensation Remain Elusive to ‘Comfort Women’ in Philippines
'Comfort Women' Still Fight for Justice
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