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2015\/06\/24<\/p>\n
The Asahi Shimbun<\/p>\n
Sterilized woman demands apology over policy to prevent ‘inferior’ babies<\/a> 2016\/02\/05<\/p>\n The Mainichi<\/p>\n Disabled Japanese women headed to Geneva to testify on mistreatment before U.N. Committee<\/a><\/p>\n Kumiko Fujiwara of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, is one among many Japanese women with disabilities who will go to Geneva for a session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) — which is set to begin Feb. 15 — in order to denounce the mistreatment of women with disabilities in Japan and demand better living conditions for women like her.<\/p>\n 2016\/3\/14<\/p>\n The Mainichi<\/p>\n UN committee urges Japanese gov’t to compensate forcibly sterilized disabled women<\/a><\/p>\n The United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, in its final opinion issued this month in conjunction with its periodic review of Japan, has advised the Japanese government to provide compensation to women who were forcibly sterilized under eugenic protection policies because they had disabilities.<\/p>\n 2017\/02\/23<\/p>\n The Mainichi<\/p>\n Lawyer group seeks gov’t apology, redress for victims of former sterilization law<\/a><\/p>\n The Japan Federation of Bar Associations disclosed a written statement on Feb. 22 disputing the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Act, which permitted sterilization operations and abortions for those with disabilities and hereditary illnesses, requesting apologies and compensation from the government for those who were forced into the procedures and a full investigation of the damage.<\/p>\n 2017\/12\/04<\/p>\n The Japan Times<\/p>\n
\nMore than half a century after undergoing surgery for no apparent reason, a\u3000woman from Miyagi Prefecture is demanding redress over the past government policy of preventing \u201cinferior\u201d children from entering Japan\u2019 population.<\/p>\n