Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, July 3, renewed her call for the government to ensure just and meaningful reparations for Filipino comfort women and their families. Hontiveros made the call noting that time is running out for the Philippine government to seek redress for and...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Pro-women group Gabriela Party-list has filed House Bill (HB) No.8859 in a bid to declare Aug. 14 of every year as the "National Memorial Day for Comfort Women". A statement from Gabriela Monday, Aug.14, said...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he has ordered relevant government agencies to look into how the Philippines could appropriately address the concerns of Malaya Lolas, an organization composed of former "comfort women" or victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial army...
A resolution asking the Marcos government to seek reparations for the country’s wartime victims of sexual violence by the Japanese armed forces has been filed in the Senate. Sen. Risa Hontiveros, in filing Senate Resolution No. 539, urged the Philippine government to immediately fulfill its...
The government vowed to study a United Nations (UN) panel report that found the Philippines’ failure to compensate the comfort women. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said this after the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) reported that the Philippines...
The Philippines "squandered" its opportunity to put the equivalent of $29 billion worth of Japanese reparations to good use. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda aired this regret on Friday, March 10 as he commented on the case of Filipino comfort women during the Japanese occupation of the country...
The Philippines has failed to provide the victims of sexual slavery perpetrated by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II their reparation claims as well as support and recognition due to the harm they suffered, the UN women rights committee found. In a decision issued by the UN Committee...
Japan said concerns being raised by the Filipino "comfort women" have been addressed by its government, including recognition of the Imperial Japanese Army's atrocities and reparation claims. In a statement, the Japanese Embassy in Manila made remarks on the various calls made by the surviving...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is not expected to raise matters on the Filipino "comfort women" during his visit to Japan, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. In a pre-departure briefing ahead of the President's official working visit to the Land of the...
