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The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery

NGO Conference

Thursday, October 04, 2007
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Northwest Auditorium

The World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery will be held at UCLA from October 4-7, 2007 -- the first global gathering of influential scholars, non-governmental organizations, human rights activists, attorneys, artists, and most importantly, survivors, to honor the bravery and struggle of the aging victims of Japan's World War II Military Sexual Slavery (euphemistically known as the “Comfort Women”).

Building on the momentum of House Resolution 121 demanding the Japanese government to apologize for its war crimes committed against “comfort women," this conference is intended to coalesce around strategies for obtaining the apology and reparations due to the survivors and their families and to raise awareness of present-day violence against women and sexual trafficking around the globe.

8:30 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m.	Welcome by Congressman Faleomavaega
9:05 a.m.	Open Remarks by Mee-Hyang Yoon
9:15 a.m.	Survivor Testimony
9:45 a.m.	Keynote Address: Dong-Suk Kim
10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:45 a.m.	Panel 1: Country Reports of NGOs from South Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan
12:00 p.m.	Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.	Panel 2: Country Reports of NGOs from Indonesia, the Philippines, Germany & the Netherlands
2:45 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:00 p.m.	Panel 3: Country Reports of NGOs from the UK, Australia, Canada and USA
4:15 p.m.	Coffee Break
4:30 p.m.	Facilitated Group Strategy Session: Globalizing the Movement for Justice and Reparations and Forming a Plan of Action
6:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks by Mee-Hyang Yoon

NGO Conference Panelists, Facilitators & Guest Speakers By Topic

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dong-Suk Kim (Korean American Voters’ Council)

PANEL 1
Facilitator: Soon-Hyung Hong (HR121)
Country Reports of NGOs:

South Korea: Mee-Hyang Yoon (The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan)
China: Su Zhiliang (Chinese Research Center for Comfort Women)
Japan: Nishino Rumiko (Violence Against Women in War-Network Japan)
Taiwan: Fran Gau (Women’s Rescue Foundation of Taipei)

PANEL 2
Facilitator: Annabel Park (HR121)

Country Reports of NGOs:
Indonesia: Eka Hindrati (The Indonesian Advocacy for Jugun Ianfu Networking)
The Philippines: Rechilda A. Extramadura (Lila-Pilipina)
Germany: Chung Noh Gross (Korean Peace Group)
The Netherlands: Jose Adraiaansen-Smit (Foundations of Japanese Honorary Debt)

PANEL 3
Facilitator: SungHo Lee (HR121)

Country Report of NGOs:
UK: Iris Cheng (Amnesty International)
Australia: Anna Song (Friends of “Comfort Women” in Australia)
Canada: Flora Chong (Canada ALPHA)
USA: Ok-Cha Soh (Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues)

FACILITATED STRATEGY SESSION
Facilitator: Mee-Hyang Yoon (Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan)

Panelists:
Rev. Seung Yun (House of Sharing)
Ken Arimitasu (Int’l Solidarity Council for Redress)
Jung-Wha Han (Korean Women’s Int’l Network in Germany)
Katherine Barraclough (Amnesty International)
Jose Adraiaansen-Smit (Found. of Japanese Hon. Debt)
Nelia Sancho (Asian Women Human Rights Council)
Graceia Lai (Women’s Rescue Foundation of Taipei)
Sung-Hoe Kim (HR 121 California)
Thekla Lit (British Columbia-ALPHA)

CLOSING REMARKS
Mee-Hyang Yoon (see above)

Cost: $10