Biography
윤미향 대표는 1964년 10월 경남 남해에서 출생했습니다. 1990년부터 한국정신대문제대책협의회 간사, 사무국장, 사무총장, 대표를 역임하고, 2016년부터 일본군성노예제 문제해결을 위한 정의기억재단 상임이사를 지냈습니다. 2018년 7월 11일 한국정신대문제대책협의회와 정의기억재단이 통합출범한 <일본군성노예제 문제해결을 위한 정의기억연대> 대표를 맡고 있습니다. 윤미향 대표는 일본군성노예 피해자들과 함께 1992년부터 시작된 정기 수요시위를 비롯하여 지난 27년간 유엔을 비롯한 국제사회에 이 문제를 널리 알리고 가해국인 일본정부의 범죄사실 인정과 공식사죄, 배상 등을 포함한 법적책임 이행을 촉구하는 활동을 펼치고 있습니다. 특히 2007년 미하원과 유럽의회의에서 일본군’위안부’문제 해결을 촉구하는 결의안이 채택되는 데 큰 기여를 했으며, 2012년 전쟁과여성인권박물관 건립을 통해 미래세대들과 함께 하는 운동의 정형을 만들어내고 있습니다. 2012년 설립된 나비기금을 통해 콩고, 우간다, 베트남, 시리아 등의 무력분쟁 하 성폭력 피해자들을 지원하는 활동을 통해 여성인권, 평화운동가로서 많은 이들에게 영감을 주고 있습니다. 저서로는 <20년간의 수요일>과 <25년간의 수요일>이 있습니다.
Yoon, Meehyang is Representative of The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan. She has been an integral figure in the Weekly Wednesday Demonstrations to resolve the issue of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery in front of the Japanese embassy for more than 27 years. As well as being human rights activist and an author of 25 years of Wednesday, Ms. Yoon has been a hands-on activist in the Korean Council since the organization was founded in 1990. She contributed to adopt resolution in the US House of Representatives and the European Parliament by closely working with local supporting groups in solidarity with. Aiming to pass the victims’ lives and history of the movement on younger generations, she set up the Statue of Peace in front of the Japanese embassy to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the Wednesday Demonstration in 2011, and established the War and Women’s Human Rights Museum in 2012. Following the survivors’ honorable decision to help wartime sexual violence victims in the world, she has actively worked for the Butterfly Fund, which supports female victims of sexual violence in armed conflicts.
Yoon, Meehyang is Representative of The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan. She has been an integral figure in the Weekly Wednesday Demonstrations to resolve the issue of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery in front of the Japanese embassy for more than 27 years. As well as being human rights activist and an author of 25 years of Wednesday, Ms. Yoon has been a hands-on activist in the Korean Council since the organization was founded in 1990. She contributed to adopt resolution in the US House of Representatives and the European Parliament by closely working with local supporting groups in solidarity with. Aiming to pass the victims’ lives and history of the movement on younger generations, she set up the Statue of Peace in front of the Japanese embassy to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the Wednesday Demonstration in 2011, and established the War and Women’s Human Rights Museum in 2012. Following the survivors’ honorable decision to help wartime sexual violence victims in the world, she has actively worked for the Butterfly Fund, which supports female victims of sexual violence in armed conflicts.
