Suvendrini Kakuchi, Author at Women's eNews

Back Home, Filipinas Mind Their Own Businesses

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Employment ● May 30, 2006

Philippine migrant workers send half their wages back home and are the backbone of the nation’s economy. Now, activists are aiding the returning migrants to use the funds to create local businesses.

New Museum Documents Lives of Japan’s ‘Comfort Women’

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Crime & Law ● October 31, 2005

A new Tokyo museum presses the cause of the “comfort women” of World War II who were used as sex slaves by the Imperial Army. On Friday, Amnesty International renewed appeals to compensate the women and for Japan to issue them a fuller apology.

In Tsunami, Women Put Modesty Above Survival

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Uncategorized ● February 23, 2005

As aid workers in Sri Lanka consider the sad statistics left by the tsunami, they say that customs in poor, rural villages that tie women to a strict standard of modesty and caretaking were a major cause of death.

‘Comfort Women’ Await Apology from Japan

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Politics ● May 30, 2004

The aging women who suffered as sex slaves in Japan’s World War II army–so called comfort women–are still hoping for an official apology. As time runs out for many of them, activists are working to provide them with mental and physical care.

Japan’s Fertility-Treatment Boom Pressures Women

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Uncategorized ● January 13, 2004

In Japan, fertility treatments are booming as more couples have trouble conceiving. Women’s activists say the trend puts more pressure on women in a culture that too often judges women by their ability to reproduce.

Japan Officials Rue Rape ‘Jokes’ that Spur Critics

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Uncategorized ● August 19, 2003

After leading politicians brushed off a gang-rape case in Tokyo, women’s rights activists took it as a cue to step up their criticism of what they regard as rampant sex-discrimination.

Japan’s Battlers of Sex Abuse Confront Culture, Law

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Uncategorized ● April 17, 2003

A Japanese organization is offering for the first time advocacy services for victims of sexual violence. In doing so, the group confronts a culture that inhibits women from talking about their abuse and a legal system that is lenient on rape.

Japanese Fight to Retain Their Family Names

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Uncategorized ● January 7, 2003

Japanese feminists are encouraging the Diet to revise a civil law that requires couples to choose a single last name when they marry. Their proposal would allow women to keep their maiden names.

In Japan, Moms Defy Tradition by Staying Single

By Suvendrini Kakuchi ● Arts & Culture ● May 3, 2002

The number of single mothers in Japan is on the rise, as women reject traditional attitudes that insist children be raised by a mother and a father. In an apparent response, proposed legislation would reduce government-funded child support.

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