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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.
NEW REPORT from APIGBV : Intersections of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence released a report on the Intersections of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault.
The report integrates analysis, insight, and expertise from advocates and survivors that can serve as a primer for program design for adult, young adult, and youth victims of trafficking; forge collaborations; expand the field’s knowledge of trauma connected to early victimization; and inform safety, healing, empowerment, and justice.
Canada's Highway of Tears: Dozens of Missing and Murdered Are Indigenous Women
The Highway of Tears and the disappearances of the indigenous women have become a political scandal in British Columbia. But those cases are just a small fraction of the number who have been murdered or disappeared nationwide. Aboriginal women and girls make up about 4 percent of the total female population of Canada but 16 percent of all female homicides. News story from New York Times.
May 23: Supporting My Sister's House 15th Anniversary Gala: Making Dreams Come True
Come and celebrate 15 years of My Sister’s House serving the Sacramento area. Enjoy an evening of dance, music and comedy by local artists and celebrities. My Sister's House seeks to eliminate domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in the API community.