Sylvia Yu Friedman
Sylvia Yu Friedman is a Hong Kong-based Canadian author, journalist, film-maker, philanthropy adviser and anti-slavery campaigner. She is best known for her work on Japanese military sex slavery before and during World War II.[1]
Biography[edit]
Friedman was born in South Korea and grew up in Canada.[2] Her book Silenced No More: Voices of Comfort Women features interviews with elderly Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese, Dutch and Filipino survivors of Japanese military sex slavery, as well as three former Japanese soldiers who admitted to their wrongdoings and became part of an international movement to help survivors.[3][4][5][2][6]
She has written a series of articles for the South China Morning Post exposing various forms of modern slavery and human trafficking.[7]
In 2013, she won the English-Language Television Merits prize at Hong Kong's 18th Human Rights Press Awards for her three-part documentary series on human trafficking in China, Hong Kong and Thailand.[8]
Her film From Darkness to Hope: Transformation of an Ex-Trafficker won an award at the 2020 White Unicorn International Film Festival and was named best documentary at the 7th Indian Cine Film Festival.[9][10]
In the summer of 2016, alongside her husband, Matthew S. Friedman, she delivered presentations on the topic of human trafficking across 17 US states to 112 organisations, including Bank of America and Disney.[11][12][13]
Friedman is listed as a SheSource expert in the database of the Women's Media Center.[1]
She also authored the biography Heart and Soul: The Life Story of Pastor Augustus Chao.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Sylvia Yu (Friedman) - SheSource Expert - Women's Media Center". womensmediacenter.com. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ a b "Time running out to hear comfort women's stories, says Hong Kong author". South China Morning Post. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "Silenced No More: Voices of Comfort Women book introduction and excerpt | Ricepaper Magazine". 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "Book review: Silenced No More gives voice to 'comfort women' Japan enslaved". South China Morning Post. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ Harrowing stories of sex slavery during WW2 - CNN Video, retrieved 2020-10-16
- ^ "Silenced No More: The Writer Giving A Voice to Comfort Women, Sylvia Yu Friedman | 10 Magazine". 10 Magazine Korea. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "Sylvia Yu". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "Winners 2013 | Human Rights Press Awards". 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "WHITE UNICORN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". www.wuiff.com. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "::: Indian Cine Film Festival :::". miniboxoffice.com. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "Hong Kong couple's cross-country effort to stop human-trafficking". South China Morning Post. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ Shepherd, Katherine (2016-08-03). "Downtown Macon Rotary hosts human trafficking prevention event". WGXA. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ Booze, Karlisha (2016-08-03). "Anti-Trafficking activist warns residents about human trafficking". 41NBC News | WMGT-DT. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ Augustus Chao and Sylvia Yu (2002). Serving God with Heart and Soul : the Life of Pastor Augustus Chao. Vancouver: Canadians for Historical Justice and Racial Reconciliation. ISBN 0-9731807-0-6. OCLC 51447051.
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