comfort women

“Seven months after President Aquino mentioned to members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) that his administration would “correct" the failure of past governments to provide reparation for the so-called comfort women, the “lolas” are still in the dark side, waiting for the promised reparation,” said GWP Rep.  read more »

Women’s partylist group Gabriela today said the move of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs reverting House Resolution 124 to the committee level is a possible indication that the Japanese government has started meddling into deliberations on legislative measures pertaining to the comfort women.  read more »

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs approved today on second reading House Resolution 124 “Resolution Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that the Philippine Government Urges the Government of Japan to Formally Acknowledge, Apologize and Accept its Responsibility over the Sexual Slavery of Young Women Commonly Known as Comfort Women by the Japanese Imperial Army During World War II and Provide compensation to the Victims in the light of the Adoption by the US House of Representatives of House Resolution 121 which States that  read more »