Heisoo Shin

Overview

Heisoo Shin born Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea April 23, 1950. South Korean professor of sociology; leader in exposing of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II; spearheaded international campaign against violence to women in war; Nobel Peace Prize nominee 2005. Vice-chair of UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for 2003-04; member of UN committee on violence against women, 2005; member of UN committee on Afghanistan, 2006; convened Gyeongnam World Conference on Women’s Human Rights, 2008-09.

Quotations

"We have established that rape and sexual slavery during wartime are violations of women’s rights and should be punished. Because of our movement, hopefully such a thing will never happen again." (quote and photo World People's Blog)