During the Asia-Pacific War (1937-1945), about 200,000 girls and women were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military. The euphemistic name “comfort women” contained the idea that soldiers threatened with death should be “comforted” with sexual services. The majority of abducted women did not survive the systematic and brutal abuse. The Japanese government still refuses to recognise it as a war crime. 

The exhibition focuses on the continuity of sexualised violence not only in times of crisis and war, but also in peacetime.

Denise from IWS spoke about the co-operation between Korea-Verband and IWS, including working together in the Alliance of Internationalist Feminists organising the demonstrations on 25th November and 8th March, ongoing collaboration with the AG “Trostfrauen” (“Comfort Women” Working Group), and the preface of our upcoming book “Als Ich Nach Deutschland Kam” contributed by AG founder Nataly Jung-Hwa Han. 

The exhibition is open until 8th March, Thursdays 5-8pm and Sundays 2-6pm. Further visits are possible on request. 
More information in German here: https://www.koreaverband.de/blog/2018/12/17/mueon-daeon-sprachlos-vielstimmig/

GRM Special Lecture
“Grassroots Feminism Activity of IWS”
（ドイツのベルリンに活動拠点をおくフェミニスト団体の共同設立者、ジャーナリスト、アクティビストによる講演）

Date: January 19 (Fri.), 2018
Time: 14:55-16:25
Venue: Shikoan SK203, IMADEGAWA (Karasuma) Campus, Doshisha University

Speaker: Denise Garcia Bergt (International Women’s Space Berlin)

Speaker’s profile:
Denise Garcia Bergt was born in Brazil and is a journalist and political activist who lives in Berlin. In 2012 she directed and released the feature documentary film „Residenzpflicht“ https://residenzpflichtdoc.com/ about the situation of refugees in Germany and their fight against the asylum system. In 2012, together with other feminist activists she co-founded the International Women Space https://iwspace.wordpress.com/ , which in 2015 released the book „ In our own words“ https://iwspace.wordpress.com/in-our-own-words/ and in 2016, together with the Freie Universität Berlin the book „Living in Refugee Camps in Berlin: Women’s Perspectives and Experiences“ http://www.weissensee-verlag.de/autoren/Dilger/refugee_dilger.html . In 2017, IWS organized the conference „When I came to Germany“ http://als-ich.iwspace.de/en/als-ich-2017/ , where guest workers, contract workers, migrant and refugee women from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and from today shared their experiences. Currently IWS is working on a second book with testimonials of refugee women as well as on a second book with the Freie Universität.

*For students and teachers of Doshisha University only, advance registration is required due to limited seating capacity.
To register, please send and email to GRM Office: ji-grmld@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

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