Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues, Inc (WCCW) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that advocates for the rights of wartime victims and their lawful reparation.
Miki emphasized the need for Japan to acknowledge the existence of the system and take full responsibility to meet the demands of comfort women and their supporters.
As time passes and these victims die, Junsil Lee considers it the responsibility of the WCCW to ensure that the stories of these women are remembered.
The WCCW also holds an annual essay, research paper, and art competition for high school and college students, providing learning opportunities about comfort women and cash prizes to the winners.
The plaque on the boulder memorializes comfort women originating from Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Netherlands, and East Timor.
[4] On April 28, 2015, the WCCW arranged for Yong Soo Lee (86), a surviving comfort woman, to travel to Washington DC from South Korea to speak on the eve of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the White House.
[2][5] The WCCW (and other partner organizations) staged a peaceful rally in front of the White House during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit.
Participate in the Seventeenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexuality, Hofstra University, Hemstead, NY.