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Comfort Women: A Continuing Search for Justice on 28 February 2018, FREE MCLE, Reception
Join Hastings Alumni and Retired Judges Lillian Sing and Julie Tang, at the "Comfort Women" Justice Coalition panel discussion on Japan's WWII sexual slavery system in 13 occupied countries including China, Korea, and the Philippines. Learn the history, denials, and the legal framework of redress for Japan's "Comfort Women".
Man Gets 18 Months Jail For Sexual Assault Of Filipina Maid
A 58-year-old Taiwanese man was jailed for a year and six months by Changhua District Court on Friday after being convicted of molesting and sexually assaulting a Filipino domestic worker in 2015.
Invitation to Testify at NYC Commission on Human Rights Public Hearing on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (December 6, 2017)
The New York City Commission on Human Rights is hosting a public hearing on sexual harassment in the workplace on Wednesday, December 6, at 5:30pm, at CUNY School of Law in Long Island City, co-sponsored by the NY Women’s Foundation.
Filipina Comfort Women Largely Ignored by Japanese Emperor's Philippine State Visit
The Filipina victims of sexual slavery were not acknowledged during Emperor Akihito's visit to the Philippines last week. Filipina comfort women have been demanding recognition and justice from the Japanese government for the sexual exploitation and violence they suffered at the hands of Japanese soliders during WWII. There are about 70 Filipina comfort women still living, many of whom are over 80 years old. Their resolve and fight for justice remains unwavering after 60 years of struggle. News story from The New York Times.
Tricked and Indebted on Land, Abused or Abandoned at Sea unveils abuse of Filipino seafarers
When Eril Andrade left this small village, he was healthy and hoping to earn enough on a fishing boat on the high seas to replace his mother’s leaky roof.
Seven months later, his body was sent home in a wooden coffin: jet black from having been kept in a fish freezer aboard a ship for more than a month, missing an eye and his pancreas, and covered in cuts and bruises, which an autopsy report later concluded had been inflicted before death.
Story from Ian Urbina, New York Times.