Yayori Matsui

Overview

Yayori Matsui born Kyoto, Japan April 12, 1934 (d. 2002). Japanese journalist and women’s rights activist. Founded Asian Women in Solidarity, opposing sex tourism, 1976. Founded Violence Against Women in War Network, 1998. Sponsored Women's International War Crimes Trial, Tokyo, 2000. At the time of her death, involved in planning for Women’s Museum of War and Peace, Tokyo, opened 2005.

Quotations

“The only answer to globalisation is the globalisation of solidarity.” (Nikita Desai, “Dynamics of Dissent”, Purdue thesis, 2007, p. 102; photo Wikipedia)