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- Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Week (June 17-19) Seoul, South Korea
[Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Week ??] June 17-19, 2019 Seoul South Korea Participate in the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Week for resolution of the Japanese military sexual slavery and sexual violence in conflict! Stand in solidarity with survivors and join the movement for a peaceful world without war and violence against women! -RSVP at https://bit.ly/2Dzon2b -E-mail or Donate to the Korean Council at [email protected]!
2019년 4월 26일
- REMED REPORT FOR DEC 2018-FEB 2019
REMED, an organization in DR Congo that the Korean Council supports through Butterfly Fund has built a training center for the victims called “Centre d’encadrement des femmes et filles victime dela violence." On January 11th, the first sewing machine training was attended by 63 trainees who were girl-mothers (girls who became pregnant and gave birth due to sexual violence by the armed rebel groups)
2019년 4월 8일
- Golden Women Vision in Uganda Report for Dec 2018-Feb 2019
2019년 3월 19일
- Call for Nominations for the 2019 Kim Bok-dong Peace Prize
The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (The Korean Council) calls for nominations of individuals or organizations for the 2019 Kim Bok-dong Peace Prize. Kim Bok-dong Peace Prize honors individuals or organizations that have been engaged in the movement to resolve the issue of sexual violence in armed conflict and ensure women’s human rights in
2019년 3월 12일
- Wend Africa's 2018
The Butterfly Fund support Wend Africa, which is a social enterprise that employs LRA survivors to ensure the women’s economic empowerment and promotion of the violence by the LRA during over 20 years of conflict in Uganda. Take a look at Wend Africa’s 2018 on the Wend Africa website and get to know the people who work to create a change: https://www.wendafrica.com/post/2018recap?utm_campaign=1bcc6337-97ae-47f4-b889-e3c1cdb15849&utm_source=so
2019년 3월 11일
- Donation from Les Papillons(Vietnam)
Subin Sim, a student at an international school in Vietnam, learned about the Japanese military sexual slavery issue and the victims of sexual violence by the Korean military during the U.S. War in Vietnam through reading the book 25 Years of Wednesdays.
In order to stand in solidarity with the victims of both issues, she and members from Les Papillons (a group for Korean students attending international schools) created badges representing the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ victims and sold them to people from the school and the neighborhood for 50,000VND (approximately 2500KRW).
2019년 3월 4일
- New Year's Greeting from Golden Women Vision in Uganda
The Butterfly Fund works with organizations that support survivors of sexual violence in conflict in Uganda.
On the first day of 2019, the Golden Women Vision in Uganda sent a warm New Year’s Greeting to warm our hearts.
Dear Yoon Mee-hyang
On Behalf of Golden women vision in Uganda,l would like to extend my
Great thanks to you for the very kind kind heart in supporting the
war survivors in the Republic of Uganda in 2018 through the Butterfly
2019년 1월 2일
- REMED Report for Apr-Oct 2018
2018년 12월 28일
- 2018 Humanitarian Policy Forum Presentation and Visit to the War and Women's Human Rights Museum
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December 3rd, 2018, KCOC and KOICA held 2018 Humanitarian Policy Forum - Humanitarian Asistance and Gender Violence in Conflict and Vulnerable Situations, to seek for comprehending key issues and systems of international community on preventing and resolving the Gender Based Violence in humanitarian crisis, reflect on Rohingya refugee crisis to find outcomes and challenges, and find how experience and lessons of Korean women’s movements responding to Conflict Related Sexual Violence(CRSV) can contribute to the international society.
2018년 12월 7일
- Kyunghee University 'Nabi(나비)' and 'Seumteo (세움터)' Donates to the Butterfly Fund
[gallery size=“medium” ids=“5245,5248,5247,5246,5244,5243,5249”] Kyunghee University student club ‘Nabi (나비)’ and 14 students of the Dongdaemun youth volunteer program ‘Seumteo (세움터)’ donated 500,000 won to the Butterfly Fund to support the victims of sexual violence in conflict on November 10th. The middle school students who participated in ‘Seumteo (세
2018년 11월 12일
- Butterfly Fund News from Golden Women Vision in Uganda
The Golden Women Vision in Uganda is an organization that supports victims of sexual slavery and child soldier system by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.
The representative Acan Sylvia Obal, who is also a survivor, founded the organization to support other survivors like her.
Her tireless efforts and enthusiasm led her to win the 1st Kim Bok-dong Peace Prize. She also visited Korea for the 6th International Memorial Day for Japanese Military ‘Comfort Women’ in August, 2018.
2018년 11월 6일
- Butterfly Fund News from Uganda Wend Africa
The Butterfly Fund supports three organizations in Uganda that works to supports survivors of sexual slavery and child soldier system by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.
Wend Africa is an organization that supports the survivors to become economically independent through making and selling handmade bags, bracelets, and dolls.
Wend Africa provides training for the survivors to learn how to make products and recently started a savings group at the tailoring workshop.
2018년 10월 31일