IL SR1073

Acknowledges approximately 200,000 women and girls coerced into forced military prostitution ("comfort women") by the Imperial Japanese military from 1932 through World War II, with victims primarily from Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, and the Netherlands.

Recognizes that approximately three-quarters of comfort women died from brutality during internment, while survivors often suffered infertility from sexual violence or sexually transmitted diseases.

Urges Illinois educators to teach the story of comfort women to students of appropriate age when discussing Asian history, World War II, or human trafficking.

Commits to including Asian and Asian American experiences in Illinois public school curricula, specifically the comfort women story and the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Reaffirms commitment to ending all forms of violence and trafficking of women in Illinois and directs copies of the resolution to be presented to Korean American, Japanese American, Cambodian, and Asian American advocacy organizations.