Appeals for action

Former ‘Comfort Woman’ Gil Won-Ok and a friend at the Korean Shelter for Comfort Women.

'Comfort Women': waiting for justice after 62 years

5 July 2008

Thousands of women known as ‘comfort women’, were forced into sexual servitude by the Government of Japan for sexual servitude for the armed forces in the 1930s before and after the Second World War. These women are still waiting for justice.
Poster: Safe Schoools for girls

International Women's Day 2008. Safe Schools: every girl's right!

6 March 2008

As the 100 year anniversary of International Women’s Day draws close, and 60 years after human rights were enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, girls across the world find a range of barriers to education.