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      • Primary Source Documents: "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
        • Concerning the Recruitment of Women for Military Comfort Stations
        • Psychological Warfare Interrogation Report No. 49
        • Psychological Warfare Interrogation Bulletin No. 2
        • SEATIC Psychological Warfare Bulletin No. 182
        • G-3 Daily Dairy
        • C.B.I. Roundup
        • Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) No. 470
        • Research Report No. 120: Amenities in the Japanese Armed Forces
        • San Francisco Local History >
          • Resolutions >
            • Resolution 158-25A1
          • Reflection and Chronology: Eric Mar
          • Reflection: Steven Whyte & Ellen Wilson
          • Chronology: Teaching "Comfort Women" History from the 1990s to Present
        • Photographs
      • Secondary Source Documents/ Further Resources: "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
        • Secondary Resource References
        • ESJF Statement on the South Korea Court’s ruling, April 21, 2021
        • ESJF Statement on the South Korea Court’s ruling, January 8, 2021
        • International Joint Statement, August 14, 2019
        • International Joint Statement, March 1, 2019
        • International Joint Statement, October 6, 2018
        • International Joint Statement, January 7, 2018
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      • Lesson Plans: "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
        • ​Reality and trauma of military sexual slavery
        • Denial of legal and historical responsibility
        • ​Remembering and honoring "comfort women"
        • A Global plague
        • Collective activism
        • Contemporary movements towards justice
        • Sexual and medical violence against Blacks
      • Worksheets
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      • Map of Memorials in the United States
      • YouTube >
        • First Video Footage of Korean "Comfort Women": July, 2017
        • First Video Footage of Mass Murdered "Comfort Women": Feb. 2018
        • Justice for the victims of the Japanese military “comfort women” system
        • Animation Herstory
        • Life as a "Comfort Woman": Story of Kim Bok-Dong
        • Meet Estelita Dy: A Filipino "Comfort Woman" Survivor
        • 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement and Victims' Reaction
        • 2018 International "Comfort Women" Day
      • 2017 Special Task Force Report on 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement between S. Korea and Japan
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The two key components of ESJF are education and collective activism. We collaborate with local and international organizations to advance educational and social justice. To join in our important cause, contact us.
Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War (APTSJW)
APTSJW is a Northern California based grassroots organization dedicated to preserve the truth of the painful history of the Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945). APTSJW provides infrastructural support to research and educational organizations sharing the same conviction, and makes constructive recommendations to all concerned parties to heal old wounds, bring past conflicts to final closure, and lay the foundation for peace and prosperity in the region. There is no ill feeling or hatred towards the Japanese people. The Japanese civilians, in fact, were also the victims of a handful of Japanese militarists who brought unspeakable horror to permanently scar the victimized scar the victimized nations, including Japan.
​ALPHA Education
ALPHA Education is an educational NGO, non-profit, and registered charity in Canada that promotes a critical-historical investigation of the events of World War II in Asia. Their mission is to foster awareness of an often overlooked aspect of World War II history, in the interest of furthering the values of justice, peace, and reconciliation, both for survivors of the past and for those who shape the historical narratives of the present and future.
​Bataan Legacy Historical Society
Bataan Legacy Historical Society was created as a response to the lack of information on the Filipino defenders of Bataan. It began during public readings of a historical novel, In Her Mother’s Image, written by the founder of the organization, Cecilia I. Gaerlan.
​The Comfort Women Project 
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Dedicated to the comfort women and all those who have suffered from sexual violence and sexual abuse.

Artist: Rose Camastro Pritchett
Eclipse Rising
​Eclipse Rising was founded in 2008 as the first US-based organization for zainichi justice, community empowerment and reunification. In solidarity with other oppressed communities impacted by Japan’s imperial system and US Empire, and a global network of racist, sexist and colonial forces, particularly through promotion of trans-pacific alliances, Eclipse Rising seeks to strengthen the zainichi voice for liberation of all peoples.
Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves is a nonprofit international educational and professional development organization.Our mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.
​​Fight for Justice Website
The Japanese Military “Comfort Women” Issue Website Production Committee was established mainly by two organizations: Violence Against Women in War Research Action Center (VAWW RAC/the successor organization to VAWW-NET JAPAN) and the Center for Research and Documentation on Japan’s War Responsibility, which has made fact-finding and issue-resolving efforts on the “Comfort Women” issue for more than twenty years. In cooperation and coordination with researchers, experts, technicians, journalists, artists and citizens’ organizations, and others supporting the mission of this site, they decided to create a well-made and reliable website addressing the facts of the “Comfort Women” issue. Information is mainly provided in Japanese at present, but efforts are underway to provide information in multiple languages including English in the future. Available in English, Korean, and 
Japanese.

GABRIELA Alliance of Filipino Women
OUR ASPIRATIONS
We aspire for a sovereign society free from foreign domination and intervention; with a self-reliant economy geared towards the people’s needs and gives equal value to the role of women in production; where land belongs to the tillers and recognizes women’s equal right to own land; a democratic government where the people’s rights – including women’s rights - are upheld, respected and guaranteed and women political participation is ensured and; a socio-cultural system that is devoid of patriarchal values, gender oppression, discrimination and violence.​ gabriela.phils@gmail.com
Twitter: @gabrielaphils
​The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for Military Sex Slaves by Japan (The Korean Council)
  • The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan is an international nongovernmental organization that was founded on July 11, 2018, uniting with two other NGOs: the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for the Military Sexual Slavery by Japan and Foundation for Justice and Remembrance for the Issue of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan.
  • The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, founded in 1990, was the organization that encouraged survivor Hak-Soon Kim to testify in public about her experiences as a Japanese military sex slave for the first time on August 14, 1991. Now, we see Kim rendered on the statue in St. Mary’s Square as an elderly woman, an effort to honor and remember her and other victims of this war crime. 
  • ​The Korean Council provides a home called '평화의 우리집' (Peaceful Our House) for survivors of sexual slavery since 2003 and opened the Women and War Museum in 2012.
New Jersey Alliance for Learning and Preserving the History of World War II in Asia (NJ-ALPHA)
The goal of the “New Jersey-Alliance for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia” (NJ-ALPHA) is to bring this long neglected chapter of history into the schools as part of the school curriculum. They have already made a good start in this effort by working in partnership with the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
Nikkei Resisters
We, the Nikkei Resisters, recognize that our incarceration has fueled our fight for justice. We oppose President Trump’s attempts to use our incarceration to justify today's anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant campaigns. We condemn any attempt to enact a Muslim ban or registry. We will defend undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation. We oppose the historic disenfranchisement of Native Americans. We stand in support of Black Lives Matter and an end to mass incarceration. We, the Nikkei Resisters, are opposed to all forms of social injustice and discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. 

​We, the Nikkei Resisters, know from our history that the Bill of Rights will not enforce itself.  We know that democracy can only survive if we defend the rights of others and hold those in power accountable.
​Pacific Atrocities
​The goal of Pacific Atrocities Education is to inform others about such acts of genocide and other atrocities committed against Asian Pacific peoples during 1931-1945 because of bias, prejudice and discrimination.
Redefine Community
​Its mission is to work in partnership with nonprofit organizations to enable and enhance impact in the community through branding.


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Art Notes by Rose Pritchett
​The dress images were taken from sketches of robes that the comfort women wore when they were forced to provide sex for the military men. The map used is a copy of an original 1937 map of eastern China. The red french knots in Comfort Women Quilt Map and Comfort Stations in China mark the locations of the comfort stations in eastern China. The text quotes are from Chinese comfort women. Chinese Comfort Women, Testimonies From Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves, cited above. All works are on handmade paper with pulp painting made by Rose Camastro-Pritchett at the Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago. 

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  • Home
    • About Us >
      • Social Justice Education
      • International Community Outreach >
        • Chiba Korean Elementary Middle School >
          • ESJF Student Art Competition
          • ESJF Statement: “After ‘Lack of Freedom of Expression?’” Shut Down to Suppress Freedom of Expression
          • Letter to Aichi Prefectural Triennale Promotion Office
        • Days for Girls International
    • Contact Us >
      • Workshop and Lecture Request
    • Blog
    • ESJF in the News
  • Topics
    • Countering Sexual & Gender-based Violence >
      • Military "Comfort Women" System >
        • International "Comfort Women" Day >
          • 30th Anniversary of Kim Hak-Soon Halmoni's public testimony >
            • Kim Hak-Soon Halmoni
        • 2000 Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery
        • 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement
        • Historic Lawsuits related to Japanese military sexual slavery before and during WWII >
          • Sung Sohn's Essay with commentaries and statement
        • Wednesday Demonstration
        • Peace Statue >
          • UNESCO and the "Voices of the 'Comfort Women'" >
            • Timeline
            • 2021 Youth Artwork Competition >
              • Guidelines
              • Application
            • 2021 Young Adult Online Campaign >
              • Guidelines
              • Application
          • Reports and Papers on Sexual Violence & Slavery
      • Conflict-related SGBV in Tigray & Afghanistan
    • HISTORY of and Issues Surrounding ASIAN DIASPORA in the United States
    • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Medical Experimentation
  • Educator Resources
    • Countering Sexual & Gender-based Violence: "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
      • Primary Source Documents: "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
        • Concerning the Recruitment of Women for Military Comfort Stations
        • Psychological Warfare Interrogation Report No. 49
        • Psychological Warfare Interrogation Bulletin No. 2
        • SEATIC Psychological Warfare Bulletin No. 182
        • G-3 Daily Dairy
        • C.B.I. Roundup
        • Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) No. 470
        • Research Report No. 120: Amenities in the Japanese Armed Forces
        • San Francisco Local History >
          • Resolutions >
            • Resolution 158-25A1
          • Reflection and Chronology: Eric Mar
          • Reflection: Steven Whyte & Ellen Wilson
          • Chronology: Teaching "Comfort Women" History from the 1990s to Present
        • Photographs
      • Secondary Source Documents/ Further Resources: "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
        • Secondary Resource References
        • ESJF Statement on the South Korea Court’s ruling, April 21, 2021
        • ESJF Statement on the South Korea Court’s ruling, January 8, 2021
        • International Joint Statement, August 14, 2019
        • International Joint Statement, March 1, 2019
        • International Joint Statement, October 6, 2018
        • International Joint Statement, January 7, 2018
      • Historical Background
      • Survivors' Testimonies & Legacies >
        • Korea
        • China
        • Philippines
        • Indonesia
        • Japan
        • Netherlands
      • 2017 CA H-SS Framework >
        • Basic questions surrounding the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery System
      • Lesson Plans: "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
        • ​Reality and trauma of military sexual slavery
        • Denial of legal and historical responsibility
        • ​Remembering and honoring "comfort women"
        • A Global plague
        • Collective activism
        • Contemporary movements towards justice
        • Sexual and medical violence against Blacks
      • Worksheets
      • Activity Sheets
      • Map of Memorials in the United States
      • YouTube >
        • First Video Footage of Korean "Comfort Women": July, 2017
        • First Video Footage of Mass Murdered "Comfort Women": Feb. 2018
        • Justice for the victims of the Japanese military “comfort women” system
        • Animation Herstory
        • Life as a "Comfort Woman": Story of Kim Bok-Dong
        • Meet Estelita Dy: A Filipino "Comfort Woman" Survivor
        • 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement and Victims' Reaction
        • 2018 International "Comfort Women" Day
      • 2017 Special Task Force Report on 2015 "Comfort Women" Agreement between S. Korea and Japan
    • HISTORY of and Issues Surrounding ASIAN DIASPORA in the United States >
      • K-5
      • 6-8
      • 9-12
      • San Francisco Asian Art Museum
      • Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
    • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Medical Experimentation >
      • United States >
        • Lesson Plans
      • Asia >
        • Video Footage for Classroom
        • Primary Source Documents: Medical Atrocities and Ethics
        • Secondary Source Documents: Medical Atrocities and Ethics
        • Lesson Plans
      • Europe >
        • Lesson Plans
  • Our Publications
    • "Comfort Women" History and Issues >
      • Teacher Resource Guide >
        • How to Order
      • Student Resource Guide >
        • How to Order
    • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Medical Experimentation >
      • Asia
      • Europe
      • United States
  • Professional Development Events
  • Partners
  • Give