"Stop Punishing Women, Which Only Fuels the Commercial Sex Industry!"
We frame prostitution as an issue of gender discrimination, inequality, violence against women, and women's human rights, and resolutely oppose the stigma and punishment directed at prostituted women.
We demand a legal amendment to hold accountable the buyers, procurers, industry, and structures that make the commercial sex industry possible.
On Thursday, September 17, activists, survivors, and citizens from across the country will gather in Seoul to march. We invite you to join us in building a powerful collective voice.
August 21 marked the second hearing date in the lawsuit filed by former US military "comfort women" victims against the US Armed Forces in Korea for damages. On this day, the Joint Committee for the Investigation of US Military Sexual Exploitation held a picketing protest in front of the court and attended the hearing alongside the plaintiffs.
The core issue of this hearing was whether the independent unlawful acts of the US military authorities could be held separately accountable in the lawsuit. The Foreign Claims Act for the US Forces Korea allows citizens who suffered harm due to official misconduct by the US military to claim state compensation against the Republic of Korea; in the case of US military "comfort women," there clearly exist independent unlawful acts by the US military, such as their direct involvement in managing sexually transmitted diseases. We hope that this trial will clearly hold the US Forces in Korea accountable as the actual perpetrator and responsible party.
It has been over 700 days since the Joint Action Committee was launched to protect the former Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Clinic building in Dongducheon and began its tent sit-in protest. To offer a short break to the guardians who have been keeping vigil at the protest site without fail every single day, various solidarity organizations took turns standing guard over a two-week period during a special 'Summer Vacation Solidarity' initiative.
NSASEW also joined in guarding the protest site on the morning of August 2 and the afternoon of August 5!
The tent sit-in is a struggle to ensure the history of state violence is not erased and to remember the history of women’s human rights. Please send your interest and solidarity to the guardians who continue to protect this space every day, even amidst the punishing heat.
[Invited Public Lecture by CATW Activists]
Transnational Sexual Exploitation: How Should We Respond?
― Issues and Practices of the Global Anti-Exploitation & Anti-Trafficking Movement
Driven by online platforms and international mobility, the sexual exploitation industry is continuously expanding across borders. To combat this transnational sexual exploitation, our response must also cross borders. How have women around the world fought against sexual exploitation, and what changes and strategies have they created?
On September 15, we invite you to join activists from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) to share the realities of sexual exploitation worldwide and learn from the experiences of the women’s movement that has been fighting against it.
"Stop Punishing Women, Which Only Fuels the Commercial Sex Industry!"
We frame prostitution as an issue of gender discrimination, inequality, violence against women, and women's human rights, and resolutely oppose the stigma and punishment directed at prostituted women.
We demand a legal amendment to hold accountable the buyers, procurers, industry, and structures that make the commercial sex industry possible.
On Thursday, September 17, activists, survivors, and citizens from across the country will gather in Seoul to march. We invite you to join us in building a powerful collective voice.
August 21 marked the second hearing date in the lawsuit filed by former US military "comfort women" victims against the US Armed Forces in Korea for damages. On this day, the Joint Committee for the Investigation of US Military Sexual Exploitation held a picketing protest in front of the court and attended the hearing alongside the plaintiffs.
The core issue of this hearing was whether the independent unlawful acts of the US military authorities could be held separately accountable in the lawsuit. The Foreign Claims Act for the US Forces Korea allows citizens who suffered harm due to official misconduct by the US military to claim state compensation against the Republic of Korea; in the case of US military "comfort women," there clearly exist independent unlawful acts by the US military, such as their direct involvement in managing sexually transmitted diseases. We hope that this trial will clearly hold the US Forces in Korea accountable as the actual perpetrator and responsible party.
It has been over 700 days since the Joint Action Committee was launched to protect the former Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Clinic building in Dongducheon and began its tent sit-in protest. To offer a short break to the guardians who have been keeping vigil at the protest site without fail every single day, various solidarity organizations took turns standing guard over a two-week period during a special 'Summer Vacation Solidarity' initiative.
NSASEW also joined in guarding the protest site on the morning of August 2 and the afternoon of August 5!
The tent sit-in is a struggle to ensure the history of state violence is not erased and to remember the history of women’s human rights. Please send your interest and solidarity to the guardians who continue to protect this space every day, even amidst the punishing heat.
Transnational Sexual Exploitation: How Should We Respond?
― Issues and Practices of the Global Anti-Exploitation & Anti-Trafficking Movement
Driven by online platforms and international mobility, the sexual exploitation industry is continuously expanding across borders. To combat this transnational sexual exploitation, our response must also cross borders. How have women around the world fought against sexual exploitation, and what changes and strategies have they created?
On September 15, we invite you to join activists from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) to share the realities of sexual exploitation worldwide and learn from the experiences of the women’s movement that has been fighting against it.