1000th Wednesday Protest, and a Comfort Woman's Story

[the_gabih]

First, a little bit of background. As many of the readers know, although the Japanese government recognized its responsibility for Imperial Japan's hand in forcibly recruiting Comfort Women, the Japanese government has not yet made any compensation out of government funds.

Some of the surviving Comfort Women in Korea -- there are only 63 of them,

Comments

[sarahofcroydon]

Oh, god. I just want to do something for them. Make them a little care package and send it over... is there a fund they have for themselves? Please tell me there's something I can do to offer support.

[the_gabih]

There is a fund, but it's been organised by the Japanese government (which hasn't actually contributed to it itself), and for various reasons only a few Comfort Women have actually accepted money from it.

The care package idea sounds good, though. There's a charity for ex-Comfort Women called House of Sharing- maybe you could ask them what the best ways to help would be?

[sarahofcroydon]

Thankyou for that link, I really appreciate it. <3 That sentence about 'never having a child to call her mother' just really got me and I'd love to be able to send a gift. ;_;

[katiechainsaw]

It never fails to amaze me of the evils that men do. Just heartbreaking.

[tifa]

Thank you for this. I don't think it gets as much coverage as it should. These women are so strong and I truly admire their determination for justice.

[soleiltropiques]

That is so sad. Those poor women

[tabaqui]

So incredibly horrific. And so infuriating that the govt. of Japan will do *nothing*.

I recently read a biography - just an online one - of a man who was also kidnapped to be a 'comfort woman'. He and his friends crossdressed, and they were taken for, I think, a year, and raped repeatedly.

So it was kind of equal opportunity massive fucking fail. The reason i read the biography was because of a movie about his life - until then, i hadn't even known *any* men were taken for this.