A side event on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery will be held on 13th of June at the 26th session of Human Rights Council.
It will be presented by Human Rights Now as well as The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery, and our Geneva representative Kozawa Miho will be a moderator.
The below is the programme of the event;
Presentation 1:00pm – 3:00pm
1. Screening “Her Story” short 3D animation
2. Demand of the Survivors and Civil Soiety
Mee-hyang Yoon: Representative of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan
3. Ongoing Torture – The Agony og the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Survivors
Darka Topali: OHCHR human rights officer
4. Trailer Screening & Director’s Message for the “comfort women”
Tiffany Hsiung: “Within Every Woman” Director
5. Survivor’s Appeal
Screening (Filipino and Chinese Survivors of the Japanese military sexual slavery)
Speech (Won-ok Gil, Korean Survivor of the Japanese military sexual slavery)
Exhibition 11:00am – 5:00pm
The Japanese Military Sexual Slavery “Comfort Women”
Art works by the victims and other displays to illuminate the histrical truth and their struggle
Refreshments will be provided.
RSVP or for more information, please contact: war_women@naver.com
The flyer of the event is also available here:
A side event in Geneva [PDF]