Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan
was an organization formed in November 1990 through a coalition of 37 women’s organizations in South Korea to seek a resolution to the Japanese military “Comfort Women” issue. It carried out a wide range of activities, including providing support and welfare services for survivors, conducting research and investigations, erecting memorials, and organizing the Wednesday Demonstrations. In particular, through collaboration with women’s and human rights organizations around the world, it continuously raised the Japanese military “Comfort Women” issue in international forums, including the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and played an important role in bringing international attention to the issue as one of women’s human rights and wartime sexual violence. In 2018, it merged with the Foundation for Justice and Remembrance for the Issue of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan to form the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan.