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Filipina Comfort Women was a statue publicly displayed along Baywalk, Roxas Boulevard in Manila.Unveiled on December 8, 2017 and installed through the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and other donors and foundations, it was dedicated to the Filipino "comfort women", who worked in military brothels in World War II including those who were coerced into doing so.
Comfort women in the Philippines, called "Lolas" (grandmothers), formed different groups similar to the Korean survivors. One group, named "Lila Pilipina" (League of Filipino Women), started in 1992 and is member of GABRIELA, a feminist organization. [293]
Maria Rosa Luna Henson (1927–1997), Ateneo Library of Women's Writings (ALIWW), Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines and Rizal.Lib.Admu.edu.ph, retrieved on: 10 June 2007; Comfort Women Slam Japan Apology, Newsbits Vol. 9.8, Reuter and MIT.edu Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on: 10 June 2007
The Asian Women's Fund (財団法人女性のためのアジア平和国民基金, zaidan hojin josei-no tame no Ajia heiwa kokumin kikin), also abbreviated to アジア女性基金 in Japanese, was a fund set up by the Japanese government in 1994 to distribute monetary compensation to comfort women in South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. [1]
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Comfort Woman Statue may refer to: Statue of Peace, a statue in Seoul, South Korea; Filipina Comfort Women, a statue that was erected in Manila, Philippines; San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial, a statue installed in San Francisco, US
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The group also branded the Philippine government's acceptance of Japan's apologies and its acceptance of monetary payment from the Japanese-financed Asian Women's Fund as contrary to international law. [1] The court ruled to dismiss the case in 2010, and a motion for reconsideration was filed by the group's legal team.