Sen. Risa Hontiveros, in filing Senate Resolution No. 539, urged the Philippine government to immediately fulfill its treaty obligations under the CEDAW and provide just and meaningful reparations to the “comfort women” and their families.
A resolution asking the Marcos government to seek reparations for the country’s wartime victims of sexual violence by the Japanese armed forces has been filed in the Senate.
The decision stemmed from the complaint filed b 24 members of a non-profit organization called “Malaya Lolas,” composed of people who were formerly victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during Japan’s occupation of the Philippines during World War II. The resolution also cited how the UN Committee took note that while Philippine war veterans—mostly men—were given benefits such as educational benefits, healthcare benefits, old age, disability and death pensions—no such privileges were made available to the former “comfort women.”
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