Filipino ‘comfort woman’ coming to T.O. for campaign to correct Asian history

Filipino ‘comfort woman’ coming to T.O. for campaign to correct Asian history

TORONTO – Fedencia David, 80, is flying from Manila to Toronto to join other “comfort women” survivors from other countries to tell their stories to Canadians about how they became victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.

The story of “comfort women” from Philippines, China, Korea, and the Netherlands, will be heard by communities, educators, students and the Canadian Parliament, from Nov. 22- 29, 2007 in sessions arranged by a coalition of community oranizations seeking justice for all “comfort women.”

The schedule is: Nov. 25, 4:30-7 p.m., UofT Convocation Hall, open to community;

Nov. 26, 2-5:30 p.m., UofT Medical Sc. Bldg, for educators and students;

Nov. 27 and 28, Canadian Parliament, Ottawa.

The coalition is calling on the Canadian government to join other states in increasing the pressure on the Japanese goverenment to issue an official apology and pay compensation to each “comfort woman” as quickly as posisble, as many of the victims have already died without getting justice at all.

Members of the coalition are Canada ALPHA, Council of Korean Churches of Ontario, Korean Cultural Association, and Community Alliance for Social Justice (CASJ).