Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation

The Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation (TWRF; Chinese: 財團法人台北市婦女救援社會福利事業基金會; pinyin: Cáituán fǎrén táiběi shì fùnǚ jiùyuán shèhuì fúlì shìyè jījīn huì) is a Taiwanese non-profit organization working to rescue and counsel female victims of human trafficking, prostitution and sexual or domestic violence.

In 1988, with the help of lawyers, scholars and social workers, it was established as Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation, an anti-human trafficking mission to fight on the behalf of girls forced into prostitution.

[2] Since 1992 the foundation has worked on the issue, women and girls who served as sex slaves to Japanese soldiers during World War II.

TWRF has provided legal counsel and psychological support for these aging victims and has championed their cause by petitioning governments and courts both in Taiwan and in Japan.

[5] The foundation coordinated in establishment of "Taiwan comfort women ad hoc committee" at the ministry level and formed an alliance with other countries to urge the Japanese government to issue a formal apology and to provide compensation to the victims.