Domestic Violence
RIGHTS JAPAN: Activists Want Foreign Spouse Abuse Acknowledged
"While domestic violence is now accepted as a major issue in the country, activists are working hard to draw attention to abused foreign spouses who they say suffer just as much as their Japanese counterparts
Foreign women who are victims of violence, especially Asian women married to Japanese men are helpless given their language handicap. Also legal and social barriers are against them in the country,'' says Hiromi Onoe, spokeswomen for Clover -- a civic organization in Osaka, Japan's second largest city about 400 kilometers west of Tokyo.
Clover is the only organization in western Japan dealing with problems faced by foreign women and within a year since it was established has already dealt with 75 cases of domestic violence where wives have already left or still enduring husbands who are physically and psychologically abusive.
The women we deal with are mostly from China or the Philippines because we offer services in their language. The cases show clearly how Japanese men taunt their wives by taking advantage of their vulnerability,"
October 7th, 2004
(An interesting article, focusing in this case on women from other Asian countries who are the victims of domestic violence in Japan, that emphasizes the need to recognise in law that "human rights for all victims regardless of their nationality must be respected." - timi )
"While domestic violence is now accepted as a major issue in the country, activists are working hard to draw attention to abused foreign spouses who they say suffer just as much as their Japanese counterparts
Foreign women who are victims of violence, especially Asian women married to Japanese men are helpless given their language handicap. Also legal and social barriers are against them in the country,'' says Hiromi Onoe, spokeswomen for Clover -- a civic organization in Osaka, Japan's second largest city about 400 kilometers west of Tokyo.
Clover is the only organization in western Japan dealing with problems faced by foreign women and within a year since it was established has already dealt with 75 cases of domestic violence where wives have already left or still enduring husbands who are physically and psychologically abusive.
The women we deal with are mostly from China or the Philippines because we offer services in their language. The cases show clearly how Japanese men taunt their wives by taking advantage of their vulnerability,"
October 7th, 2004
(An interesting article, focusing in this case on women from other Asian countries who are the victims of domestic violence in Japan, that emphasizes the need to recognise in law that "human rights for all victims regardless of their nationality must be respected." - timi )
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