WWII sex slavery victims in Philippines urge Japan to recognize war crimes

STORY: WWII sex slavery victims in Philippines urge Japan to recognize war crimes DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:41 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lila Pilipina members 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHARON CABUSAO-SILVA, Executive director of Lila Pilipina 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHARON CABUSAO-SILVA, Executive director of Lila Pilipina STORYLINE: Surviving Filipino women sexually enslaved by Japan's World War II military on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to acknowledge its war crimes, resolve the "comfort women" issue, and stop "warmongering." SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHARON CABUSAO-SILVA, Executive director of Lila Pilipina "It's very unjust on the part of the Japanese government to continue ignoring the issue of Filipino comfort women. They have suffered long enough, more than half a century of suffering in silence, the trauma that they experience as a result of the abuses of the Japanese Imperial Army inflicted on thousands of Filipino women." Lila Pilipina is a P

Filipino "Lolas" struggle for apology from Japan for "comfort woman" crime

STORY: Filipino "Lolas" struggle for apology from Japan for "comfort woman" crime DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:07:56 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Lila Pilipina office 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHARON SILVA, Coordinator of Lila Pilipina 3. various of Lolas attending rallies 4. various of lola Estelita 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tagalog): ESTELITA DY, "Comfort woman" survivor 6. various of lola Estelita 7. various of the inauguration of "comfort woman" statue in Manila 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SHARON SILVA, Coordinator of Lila Pilipina 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Tagalog): ESTELITA DY, Comfort woman survivor 10. various of Estelita's daily life 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (Tagalog): ESTELITA DY, Comfort woman survivor STORYLINE: These are the faces of Filipino "comfort women" survivors, or in Tagalog, "Lolas," meaning grandmothers. Traumatized and ashamed of being forced into sexual slavery by Japanese troops during World War II, these women kept silent most of their lives and only began demanding jus