History and Justice

Q. What is the Wednesday Demonstrations?

It is a weekly-held demonstartion in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to bring a justice to Japanese Military Sexual Slavery issue. The Wednesday demonstrations has been held over 13 years as of 2007, July, and they had their 717th demonstration on July 12, 2006.

Q. When did it start and how did it start?

A. The first demonstration was held on Jan., 8 1992 when Japanese Prime Minister, Kiichi Miyazawa visited South Korea. The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (the Korean Council), formed with 37 women’s groups in Korea in 1990, sent the Japanese government an open letter demanding the justice for the Japanese Military Slavery. Three former victoms of the Janpanes Military Slavery, Park Soon Geum, Lee Hyo Cha and Yun Chung Ok participated in this demonstration.

Q. Who participates in the demonstration?

A. At the beginning, mainly members from the Korean Council and other women groups joined the demonstartions with the former victoms of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery. The former Comfort Women are always in the center of the demonstration. About 10 to 20 former victoms of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery particpate in the demonstartions in turn. It is now truely a field of history eduction that many Koreans have participated in the demonstrations. People who want to support the justice gather together every Wednesday. Gratefully, many people from other countries show their support, too.

Q. How does the Japanese government react to the Wednesday Demonstartions?

A. From the beginning to now, the Japanese government has been neglecting the demonstartions and kept silent about the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery.

Q. How can we help for this demonstartion?

A. Please visit the official site of the Korean Council. Support

Read more at Wednesday Demonstration History

Motivational Quotes for Women

Even in this modern day and age, women are challenged by discrimination, violence, and prejudice. Here are some inspirational quotes for women by those who worked hard to make a difference for the world.

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.”
—Janis Joplin

“You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don’t find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.”
—Jane Fonda

“In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she’s a feminist or a masochist.”
—Gloria Steinem

“Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.”
—Susan B. Anthony

“Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.”
— Susan B. Anthony

“Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.”
— Constance Baker Motley

“I think the key is for women not to set any limits.”
— Martina Navratilova

“The most exciting thing about women’s liberation is that this century will be able to take advanttage of talent and potential genius that have been wasted because of taboos.”
— Helen Reddy

“Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?”
— Fanny Brice

“Men have always detested women’s gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.”
— Erica Jong

“We fought hard. We gave it our best. We did what was right. And we made a difference.”
— Geraldine Ferraro

“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
— Rosa Parks

Inside of a Comfort Station

A Comfort Station near Shanghai, China

US Army protects survived Comfort Women

Japanese soldiers waiting for their turn

Comfort Women were transferred.

Corpse of Comfort Women. Deserted somewhere around the boundary between China and Myanmar. In documents written in September 1944, most of them were Korean.

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn but to unlearn.”
— Gloria Steinem

“Opportunities are usually disguised by hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.”
— Ann Landers

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt

“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. you can only decide how you’re going to live. Now!”
— Joan Baez

“I am only one; but still I am one. i cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.”
— Helen Keller

“There are no laurels in life … just new challenges.”
— Katharine Hepburn

“It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.”
— Bette Davis