Thursday - Sunday, October 4-7, 2007
World Conference on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery

UCLA Northwest Auditorium , Sunset Village, 330 De Neve Drive
UCLA School of Law
UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Free and open to the public.
Conference website: http://jmss.info/

Building on the momentum of House Resolution 121, this conference will be the first global gathering of scholars, non-governmental organizations, human rights activists, attorneys, artists, and importantly, the survivors, to honor the bravery and struggles of the aging victims of Japan's World War II military sexual slavery (the "comfort women"). This conference will raise awareness of specific strategies to put pressure on the Japanese government to provide an official apology and appropriate reparations. The conference will also expose contemporary issues in gender-based and sexual violence, as well as the sexual trafficking of women around the world.

Southeast Asia content will include representatives from Indonesia and the Philippines.

Numerous co-sponsors including Amnesty International, UCLA School of Law, UCLA Center for Korean Studies, Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking.

From: UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies