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umn of Strength in San Francisco consists of three women grasping hands with their backs towards one another.
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‘Comfort Women’ Column of Strength in San Francisco, California

United States of America

By Contested Histories Initiative • July 2021

Memorial Resolved #205 Sexual Violence

In 2017, a civil society organisation unveiled a San Francisco monument dedicated to the “comfort women,” women compelled to provide sexual services for the Japanese military during World War II. The monument became the centre of an international conflict, with both passionate supporters and fierce critics of the monument and… Read More