A Message of Human Rights and Peace to the World... Efforts to Establish the 'Kim Bok-dong Center' in the United States

Goal for November 25 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women' Opening

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The movement to establish the 'Kim Bok-dong Center' to commemorate the late Kim Bok-dong (1926?2019), a victim of the Japanese military sexual slavery system and a women's rights and peace activist who passed away last year, and to deliver a message of human rights and peace worldwide is gaining momentum.

The Justice and Memory Foundation (Jeong-ui Gi-eok Yeondae) announced on the 28th that, as part of the first anniversary of Kim Bok-dong's passing and the 30th anniversary of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan (Jeongdae-hyeop, the predecessor of the Justice and Memory Foundation), it will begin the global campaign to establish the Kim Bok-dong Center.

The Kim Bok-dong Center to be established in the United States will consist of online and offline archives, exhibition spaces related to the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery and wartime sexual violence, and educational spaces. The center's opening ceremony is scheduled for November 25 this year, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

To this end, the Justice and Memory Foundation will also conduct fundraising activities for the center's construction. The foundation stated, "By creating a just resolution to the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery, we aim to establish the Kim Bok-dong Center to ensure that sexual violence crimes during wartime never recur on this land," and added, "We hope many people will join us on the path to peace that we will build together."

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