YWCA(Young Women's Christian Association) is a global network of women
leading social and economic change in 125 countries worldwide. It advocates
for peace, justice, health, human dignity, freedom and care of the environment,
and has been at the forefront of raising the status of women since it was
founded in 1855.
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The statement calling for closure and return of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station
Futenma, Okinawa(April 22nd, 2010)
YWCA of Japan issed the statement calling for closure and return of U.S.
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa.
Read the statement (Japanese)
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The Apology for the Asia-Pacific War and the Resolution for Commitment
to World Peace(April 9, 2010)
Read（English）
Read（Korean）
Read（Chinese）
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Solidarity for Peace with Justice in Palestine (April 7, 2010)
YWCA of Japan supports the statement by World YWCA and YWCA of Palestine,
and extend our peace movement to Palestine.
Read: Break the silence against the expropriation of the Holy City
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Iwakuni Report (September 18, 2009)
A group of YWCA members toured Iwakuni this year again, in order to witness
the facts about the gradual and firm strengthening of the U.S. military
forces in Iwakuni and the lives of the locals.
more"Iwakuni Report" |
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We strongly protest the forced evictions of Palestinians in East Jerusalem
by the government of Israel and call to stop them immediately.（August 17, 2009)
YWCA of Japan makeｓ a strong protest against that in the early morning
of Sunday August 2, 2009 Israeli police forcibly evicted eight Palestinian
families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah district neighborhood of
occupied East Jerusalem.
Read the letter
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Call for Action! Sign a petition to Stop the use of Mt. Atagoyama development
site for the installation of new U.S. Military housing (March 3, 2009)
There are around 100 U.S. Military bases and facilities throughout Japan.
The U.S. Marine Corps has stationed in Iwakuni for nearly half a century,
and has sent troops over Vietnam War and the Gulf War in its history.
Friends of YWCA of Japan visit Iwakuni for field trip in a peace education
& peace making program called “Pilgrimage to Hiroshima” (*), and learn
the facts about existence of military bases that cause serious humanitarian
violations on both people living near the base and those targeted as enemies,
as the past Vietnam War and the Gulf War cases explain.
more"Call for Action! Sign a petition to Stop the use of Mt. Atagoyama
development site for the installation of new U.S. Military housing"
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No military, no violence in Somalia: YWCA of Japan calls to stop sending
military troops to Somalia (February 26, 2009)
YWCA of Japan took the initiative to hold a meeting together with 9 other
women’s organizations for the dialogue with Diet Members on the theme of
“Standing up for Japanese Peace Constitution, Protecting Peace, Life, and
Good Living” in the lobby of the House of Representatives on Feb 20th, 2009.
more"No military, no violence in Somalia: YWCA of Japan calls to stop
sending military troops to Somalia"
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REPORT: Light on Gaza! Immediately Stop Military Attack! Peace Parade and
Symposium(January 13, 2009)
YWCA of Japan and 11 other NGOs organized an event of appeal; "Light
on Gaza! Immediately Stop Military Attack! Peace Parade and Symposium"
in Tokyo on January 10th. 1500 people marched the parade and 500 people
came for the symposium although it was very immediate organization! Keep
on believing, keep on acting. Our global action has a power to change!
more"REPORT: Light on Gaza! Immediately Stop Military Attack! Peace
Parade and Symposium"
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CALL to ACTION: Candle Peace Action held across Japan! (January 9, 2009)
Candle Peace Action for solidarity with people of Palestine was held on
January 8th. YWCAs across Japan held the event to respond to a call by
YWCA of Palestine. Here are photos of some of many other YWCAs’ peace action
on that day.
more"CALL to ACTION: Candle Peace Action held across Japan!"
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Call to stop military attacks on Gaza
(December 30, 2008)
Read the letter |
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The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People ( November 28, 2008 )
In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly called for the annual observance
of the 29th of November as the International Day of Solidarity with the
Palestinian People. On the 29th of November 1947 the United Nations adopted
resolution 181 which stated that the British mandate of Palestine was to
be partitioned. The original idea was that the partition would be a solution
to the conflict which had arisen from several waves of Jewish immigration
before, and after, the Second World War. In what had once been a territory
with a large Arab Palestinians majority, there were now to be two states,
with 55% of the land given to the quickly expanding Jewish minority.
more"The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People"
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Condemnation on the brutal attack and violence on the Palestinians （November 27, 2008）
YWCA of Japan strongly condemns the brutal and inhuman attack on Mr. Majdi
Husseini and Mr. Khaled Jamal Al Husseini by a group of Israeli in the
early morning of October 19th in Palestine.
more"Condemnation on the brutal attack and violence on the Palestinians"
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Korea-Japan Youth Conference 2008 report （November 20, 2008）
Korea-Japan Youth Conference 2008 was held from October 31st to November
3rd at Korea YWCA Bucheon Willow Camp surrounded by beautiful autumn leaves.
The total of 22 youth members of the age 17 to 30 from Japan and Korea
YWCA gathered for the annual conference.
more"Korea-Japan Youth Conference 2008 report"
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Protest Against the Offensive Statements of Former Air Self-Defense Force
Chief of Staff Tamogami Toshio and the Position Taken by the Japanese Government （November 4, 2008）
Read the letter
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"Week Without Violence"
The 3rd week of October is the Week Without Violence. YWCAs around the
world call stronger solidarity among women to finish violence against women
from the world. "DV" and/or "Date DV" have been little
by little getting recognized by Japanese society lately, however, violence
occurring between personal relationships still tends to be undisclosed.
To advocate what the violence against women really means, we created an
easy reading booklet.
(Only Japanese is available)
Download the booklet→
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Petition requesting elimination of reference to the Takeshima (Dok-do)
islets in the revised teachers’ guidelines for junior high school social
studies text books (September 10, 2008)
Petition was sent to Prime Minister FUKUDA Yasuo and SUZUKI TSUNEO of Minister
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on Sept.11th, 2008.
Read the petition
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