There were originally 96 members when they formed the Malaya Lolas, an association of Filipino women who suffered mass rape and other forms of horrendous crimes committed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. As chairperson of the Center for International Law (CenterLaw), I joined our young lawyers and staff last Tuesday on a trip to Barangay Mapanique in Candaba, Pampanga, to visit the surviving lolas. Our purpose was to give each of them a copy of a United Nations decision that's favorable to them, explain its contents, and discuss plans to push for the decision's implementation.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/162055/the-disappearing-lolas-of-mapanique

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