international-solidarity

• 2018 Humanitarian Policy Forum Presentation and Visit to the War and Women's Human Rights Museum [gallery size=“large” link=“none” ids=“5566,5567,5568,5569,5654,5655,5656,5657,5658”] 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
• 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
• "E-Witness, Women and War" Exhibition in Hague, Netherlands In the Hague, Korean collective Art Ze-An, Quartair Contemporary Art Initiative, and the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University are holding “E-witness, Women and War” Exhibition and related events from November 16th through November 25th. If you are in the Hague or are interested, please go learn about the stories of victims of Japanese military 2018년 11월 5일
• 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
• Wend Africa Second Quarter Report 2018 2018년 10월 17일
• Halmonies' Journey to Meet Chosen Gakko Students [gallery columns=“2” ids=“3995,3996”] Kim Bok-dong and Gil Won-ok halmonies leave for Osaka. In 2012, two halmonies started the Butterfly Fund to support the victims of sexual violence in conflict. Halmonies announced that they would dedicate all reparations they would receive from the Japanese government to support the victims like them. As the Japanese government lingered, halmonies donated what they had first. The Butterfly Fund now supports women in Vietnam, the 2018년 9월 29일
• THE KOREAN COUNCIL IN SAN FRANCISCO! (5) [gallery ids=“4101,4102,4103”] On September 22nd, the Korean Council participated in the 4th Conference on World War II in the Philippines, which was organized by the Bataan Legacy Historical Society to educate the war crimes of the Japanese Imperial Military to the younger generation and to remember and restore the victims’ human rights. The Korean Council had the opportunity to listen to the experiences of teachers who educated the issues of war crimes, watched videos created by students on the Japanese military sexual slavery issue and Bataan Death March, and to discuss ways to educate the war crimes of the Japanese Imperial Military during the World War II. 2018년 9월 23일
• THE KOREAN COUNCIL IN SAN FRANCISCO! (4) [gallery columns=“2” ids=“4097,4095,4096,4098”] With the Bataan Legacy History Society, the Korean Council conducted a mini symposium on the war crimes during the World War II at the Golden Gate University School of Law on September 21st. Cecilia Gaerlan, founder and executive director of the Bataan Legacy History Society, explained the Japanese military’s war crimes of the Bataan Death March and the movement to have the California State Board of Education to include the history of World War II in the Philippines in the U. 2018년 9월 22일
• The Korean Council in San Francisco! (2) [gallery ids=“4043,4044,4062,4059,4061,4060,4078,4079,4080”] Truth and Justice : Remembering “Comfort Women” Exhibition was held at the International Hotel Manilatown Center in San Francisco since September 16th to September 22nd. The opening ceremony took place at 18:30pm on Sunday, September 16th and was attended by more than 50 people. Sung Sohn, representative of ESJF, and Eric Mar, professor at SFSU and a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, hosted the 2018년 9월 20일
• THE KOREAN COUNCIL IN SAN FRANCISCO! (3) [gallery ids=“5302,5303,5301,5304,5305”] On September 18th, Yoon Meehyang, representative of the Korean Council, gave a special speech at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors had passed a resolution to install a memorial to honor the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ victims on September 22nd, 2015, which led to the actual installation on September 22nd, 2017. SFSU profess Eric Mar, who served as a member of the board back in 2015, had proposed the resolution. 2018년 9월 20일
• The Korean Council in San Francisco! (1) [gallery columns=“2” ids=“4052,4053,4054,4055”] The Korean Council conducted a workshop with the teachers from San Francisco from 8am to 4pm on September 15th. The workshop was co-organized by the Education for Social Justice Foundation, Facing History and Ourselves, and Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War, on the topic of “The Nanjing Atrocities and “Comfort Women” Teaching World War II in East Asia”. During the morning session, the participants discussed 1) why war crimes need to be educated, 2) how Japan and established its national identity, and 3) how to educate the historical truth of the Nanjing Massacre. 2018년 9월 16일
• Golden Women Vision in Uganda Lessons in Korea 2018년 9월 14일