{"id":586,"date":"2019-10-15T01:13:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T01:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diversity.csl.org\/?p=586"},"modified":"2019-10-15T01:13:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T01:13:54","slug":"comfort-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csl.org\/diversity\/comfort-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comfort Women is a\nterm referring to a group of women taken and sexually enslaved by the Japanese\nImperial Army during WWII. Most of the women were from Korea, China, and the Philippines.\nThe exact numbers of women enslaved are unclear. Historians estimate anywhere\nfrom 20,000-410,000 women were kept in sexual slavery. About three quarters of\nthe women died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the surviving\nwomen live in Korea and are referred to as Halmoni, or grandmothers, and are\npublic figures. There is a nursing home in South Korea, House of Sharing, that\nis specifically for women who were enslaved as Comfort Women in WWII. There are\nmemorials to the Comfort Women in a number of countries across the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently it is\nestimated that there are 4.5 million people who are victims of sex trafficking\nin the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Affirmation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All life is free. All\nhumans are free and deserve to live in a manner that is free. We affirm freedom\nfor all people and a dissolution of systems and behaviors that are in conflict\nwith freedom and human rights for all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gentle Call to Action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about past and modern slavery. There are ways to support organizations that are working to prevent trafficking as well as provide rehabilitative services to those who have been victims of trafficking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.endslaverynow.org\/\">http:\/\/www.endslaverynow.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comfort Women is a term referring to a group of women taken and sexually enslaved by the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII. Most of the women were from Korea, China, and the Philippines. The exact numbers of women enslaved are unclear. Historians estimate anywhere from 20,000-410,000 women were kept in sexual slavery. 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