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Journal articles, theses and essays on the Filipino comfort women, the Lolas and Lila Pilipina’s campaign for justice. Each title links to the publisher or repository page.
The Filipino comfort women on YouTube: Emotions, advocacy, and war memories in a transnational digital space
John Lee Candelaria and Joselito Ebro Jr.
Memory Studies 18(4)
A content analysis of how YouTube videos and viewer comments shape memory and advocacy around the Lolas.
The Politics of Remembrance in the Philippines: The Case of the Filipina Comfort Women Statue and the Kamikaze Pilot Memorial
Mar Lorence G. Ticao
The Newsletter (IIAS), Issue 99
Compares how the Philippines remembers the removed comfort women statue and Japanese kamikaze shrines.
The Politics of Erasure: De-Commemorating “Comfort Women” in the Philippines
Lila Ramos Shahani
In Fallen Monuments and Contested Memorials, ed. Juilee Decker (Routledge), pp. 79–91
Traces how commemoration of the comfort women has been undone in the Philippines and what making peace with the past has cost.
“Comfort Women” and the Political Economy of Erasure in the Philippines
Lila Ramos Shahani
The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 21(11)
Argues that Cold War alliances, dependence on Japan and elite capture of reparations funds erased the survivors from official history. Describes Lila Pilipina and the Lolas Kampanyera.
Discusses Lila PilipinaBook Review: Lolas’ House: Filipino Women Living with War
Marie-Therese C. Sulit
Alon: Journal for Filipinx American and Diasporic Studies 3(1), pp. 59–61
Reviews M. Evelina Galang’s collection of sixteen survivor testimonies and its call for Japanese accountability.
The comfort woman statue: Analysis of heritagization, dissonance and historical conflict between the Philippines and Japan
Keren Happuch D. Arroyo
De La Salle University
Examines why the Manila statue, removed in 2018, never became accepted public heritage.
Voices and Visions: Symbolic Convergences in the Oral Narratives of Filipino Comfort Women
Oscar Tantoco Serquiña Jr.
Humanities Diliman 12(2), pp. 79–109
Analyzes the oral narratives of ten Lila Pilipina members and the shared vision of a just, war-free society they express.
Discusses Lila PilipinaIn war, and after it, a prisoner always: reading past the paradigm of redress in the life stories of the Filipino comfort women
Katharina Ramo Mendoza
University of Iowa
Argues that survivors’ autobiographies and poems go beyond the “broken victim” story told in redress settings.
Lola’s story: Writing comfort women in World War II history of the Philippines
Krishna Ignalaga Thomas
Eastern Illinois University
Presents the lolas as agents who keep the issue visible through testimony, court cases, poetry and dance.
Alab ng pakikibaka: lives and struggles of the Filipino comfort women
Sulayman Caballero Galang, Edith Christmae Beltran Rosales and Bealuz Roa Villavicencio
De La Salle University
A communication project made with Lila Pilipina as its client: an awareness video for school forums.
Discusses Lila PilipinaComfort women: The continuing saga of the Filipina
Janet C. Atutubo
De La Salle University
Draws on interviews with twenty survivors and looks at how going public in 1992 changed the response of governments and institutions.
Discusses Lila PilipinaReconstructing the Filipina Comfort Women: Sources, Methodologies, and Challenges
Louisse Katherine S. Gappi
Academia.edu
Surveys the scarce archival sources in Manila and includes a 2019 interview with Lila Pilipina’s executive director.
Discusses Lila PilipinaLast updated October 2026. “Discusses Lila Pilipina” marks works confirmed to describe the organization by name; the others address Filipino comfort women more broadly. Some publications may require institutional access.