Friday. 3 May 2019, 7 p.m.
Lecture by Mina Watanabe, director of the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace, Tokyo
During the Second World War, countless girls and women became victims of structural sexual violence. They were forced to work as prostitutes for members of the Japanese imperial army and were euphemistically called "comfort women". For a long time the victims were silent until a continuous fight for the recognition of their suffering began. Because of a worldwide initiative that demanded a reevaluation of the Tokyo Trial (IMTFE), the "Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery" occurred in 2000. It called attention to the fate of the "comfort women", which was almost completely ignored at the IMTFE in 1946 – 1948. Due to the same initiative, the "Women's Active Museum on War and Peace" (WAM) was founded in Tokyo in 2005. It is supported by civic engagement and carried by donations and has the aim to completely reappraise the history of sexual violence committed by the Japanese Army during the Second World War.
Mina Watanabe, director of the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace, will talk about recent struggles for political and social recognition of these crimes.
The lecture will be given in English language. There will be a German translation available.
Please let us know if you want to participate by telephone (0911) 231 - 28 614 or via e-mail
memorium@stadt.nuernberg.de
The event will take place in cooperation with the Human Rights Office Nuremberg, the organization "Women in One World. Center for Intercultural Research on Women's Everyday Lives and International Exchange", the office of the wome'’s representative of the City of Nuremberg and the Nuremberg Human Rights Center.
- Cost:
- There is no entry fee.