Comfort Women Monument

The installation of the memorial happened shortly after toru hashimoto former major of osaka japan.

Comfort women monument. August 2016 comfort women monument croydon park near sydney new south wales australia. The monument pays homage to the women that were victims of sexual assault at the hands of the japanese military during world war ii. The peace monument of glendale is an exact replica of the original memorial dedicated to comfort women the statue of peace.

The glendale peace monument was funded and built in 2013 by the korean american forum of california a non profit human rights organization. In 2015 the san francisco board of supervisors unanimously passed a resolution to build a memorial to the comfort women in the city and to educate the community about stopping human trafficking of women and girls. A statue of a teenage girl the original monument to former comfort women who served as sex slaves for japanese soldiers during world war ii sits in front of the japanese embassy in seoul.

1 5 metre statue imported from south korea. The statue is located in central park near the glendale public library in glendale california united states. The san francisco comfort women memorial is a monument dedicated to comfort women before and during world war ii.

It is built in remembrance of the girls and women that were sexually enslaved by the imperial japanese army through deceit coercion and brutal force. Smbolises hardships endured by tens of thousands of korean women who were forced into servitude during world war ii. Comfort women monument recognizing dignity of all women vandalized july 27 2019 at 7 21 pm filed under.