The first Filipino comfort woman to come out with her story was Lola Rosa, in 1992.
Maria Rosa Luna Henson or Lola Rosa, as she is fondly called by her family, was only 14 years old when she was riding in a cart pulled by a water buffalo and stopped at a Japanese army checkpoint in the city of Angeles. She was kept in a hospital used as a barracks by the Japanese army, where she was raped repeatedly by Japanese soldiers (sometimes 12 and even up to 30 men in one day) everyday.
In September 1992, a press conference was organized and Lola Rosa’s public testimony was in the headlines of newspapers and television news worldwide, including the Japanese media. After her testimony, she wrote a book about her experiences from the Japanese war. Other Filipino comfort women came out of hiding and followed suit. Lola Rosa has since passed.
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