Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h5ODEOC16901; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:14:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:14:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20030624131014.73567.qmail@web11208.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Bertha Mo <bertiemo@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2623] Re: Japan's Battlers of Sex Abuse Confront Culture, Law X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 3174 Lines: 82 I play host to many Japanese students who are studying ESL in Canada...Tks. for this interesting resource. Bertie Mo --- Daphne Greenberg <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> wrote: > I am in the process of going through old emails and > noticed an article from Women's e News (run date > 4/17/03) that might be of interest to some of > you-especially those of you who have Japanese ESL > students in your class. I think that articles such > as these help us understand the experiences of our > learners who come from different cultures and have > different expectations. > Here are some excerpts: > "... JUST, Japanese Union for Survivors of Trauma, > [is] a nongovernmental organization offering support > for women who have been raped or sexually abused. > The group, which began operating in 1997, this year > became the first organization in Japan to offer an > advocacy service for victims of sexual violence. The > Tokyo-based group offers a telephone hotline, group > and individual counseling and works with > public-welfare officials to take abused women to > doctors, hospitals and lawyers. > Among the annual 140 phone calls fielded by JUST are > shocking revelations of women breaking almost 30 > years of silence to talk about rape or other sexual > violence. > Yuko Yamaguchi, director of the Ishikawa Fusae > Kinenkaikan, Japan's oldest feminist organization, > founded in 1962, said the reluctance to act against > sexual violence in Japan can be tied to the > society's 'traditional male domination and the > pressure to understate individual emotions for the > sake of group harmony.' > After intense lobbying by feminists, Japan passed > the Law for Prevention of Spousal Violence and > Protection of Victims in October 2001. Under the > law, hitting a woman can lead to jail terms of up to > a year or a $10,000 fine. Advocates say the law was > the first recognition of domestic violence as a > crime, instead of a private domestic matter. The law > also recognizes sexual abuse as an aspect of > domestic violence, but stops short of calling it > spousal rape, a disappointment for activists. > Still Sumita, also a committee member for the > Council for Gender Equality at the Prime Minister's > Office, said there have been some startling signs of > encouragement in recent years. For example, the > National Police Agency established a special rape > unit in 2000 that employs female policewomen to help > victims." > The full article can be found at: > http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1295 > A website that describes JUST is written in Japanese > and may be helpful/interesting to your students who > are literate in Japanese and not English: > http://www.just.or.jp/aboutjust/profile.htm > > Do any of you have Japanese students or have > experience working in Japan? > Daphne > > Daphne Greenberg > Associate Director > Center for the Study of Adult Literacy > MSC 6A0360 > Georgia State University > 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 > Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 > phone: 404-651-0127 > fax:404-651-4901 > dgreenberg@gsu.edu > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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