TRIGGER WARNING: this episode contains sensitive topics such as rape, violence, and abuse against women. If you are struggling with these issues yourself, this episode may not be for you and I understand if you would want to skip this one. Listener discretion is advised. 

Maria Rosa "Lola Rosa" Henson was the first Filipina to come forward and tell her story as a Comfort Woman during the second World War, shedding some light to what was then only dismissed as a rumor.

Atonement Project of the Asian Women's Fund - Testimonies of the Victims https://www.awf.r.jp/e3/oralhistory-00.html 

KASAMA Vol. 11 No. 3 / July–August–September 1997 / Solidarity Philippines Australia Network ; 

Maria Rosa Luna Henson: Woman of Courage Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism https://cpcabrisbane.org/Kasama/1997/V11n3/Henson.htm 

Of Pain, Courage and Survival Book Review by Emere Distor https://cpcabrisbane.org/Kasama/1996/V10n4/Henson.htm 

Maria Rosa Luna Heson http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/aliww/splprg_rosahenson.html

***If you or someone you know need someone to talk to, here are some available helplines:

Young Feminist Collective

Young Feminists Collective is a community of like-minded young women that began simply as a support group for fellow feminists but quickly grew into an active platform for advocacy and collaboration on feminist issues.

https://www.facebook.com/YoungFemCollective

Lunas Collective

Is  a volunteer-powered helpline in the Philippines, supporting survivors of gender-based violence or violence against women, and people who may have concerns about family planning

https://www.facebook.com/LunasCollective