{"id":67,"date":"2020-01-18T22:05:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T13:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tokyo-rcc.org\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2020-03-14T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T04:41:20","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.tokyo-rcc.org\/?page_id=67","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The founding of Tokyo Rape Crisis Center<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tokyo rape crisis center was established in September 1983, and over the past 24 years, has provided telephone counseling to women victims of sexual violence.
In 1982, a group of women promoted screening of a movie directed by a Canadian woman, Anne Poilier. The movie, based on a true story depicted rape from women’s viewpoint and became a focus of the attention. In this movie, the heroine killed herself because she could not recover from her psychological wound. This movie inspired the women, who took part in its promotion, to establish Tokyo’s first ever rape crisis center to help rape victims.
Then had one year’s of preparation to collect information on rape crisis centers abroad, and held numerous discussions on rape before they opened the center in September 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Two basic principles of our Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The center’s activities are based on two basic\nprinciples. First, rape is a violent crime by a man who has a desire to\ndominate, conquer and possess a woman through forced sexual activities.\nAlthough men tend to regard rape as a variant of sexual intercourses, we\nconsider that every rape is a political violence against women. Second, any sex\nagainst woman’s will is rape by our definition. Not only an assault by a\nstranger at night on a street, but also any sex forced by even a husband,\nboyfriend or acquaintance is rape, if it is against woman’s will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The center’s principal activity is telephone counseling. Our belief is that no victim deserves violence. When victim calls, instead of telling the victims what they should do, we assure her that it is not at all her fault. Then we give her medical and legal information that is necessary, and victim herself tries to find out what to do with assistance from our counselor. If a victim wishes, the center provides names of female doctors and lawyers associated with it. We sometimes rally for support of the victim during trails, in addition, we publish a quarterly to let the public know our activities.


Staff members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are about 15 members on our staff, and\ntelephone counseling service is available twice a week. All staff members are\nwomen who volunteered. To become a staff member one must receive a 6 months\ntraining which raises consciousness about rape and cultivates consideration\ntoward rape victims. During the training period, a would-be counselor learns\nthrough discussions on rape and rape victims that rape is a violent crime\nagainst a woman committed by a man, that victims are not at fault, and that\nrape is a crime concerning every woman. Later, the training gives knowledge of\nmedicine, law, counseling and victim’s psychology that are required in actual\ntelephone counseling, and the volunteer acquires know-how through role-playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Counseling Services<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

25 year period since 1983. Of approximate\n12,500 total callers, over 70 % sought assistance in rape cases, 25 % asked for\nadvice on pregnancy or on sex. The center never reveals the content of counseling\nunder any circumstances to protect victims’ privacy. However, it must be noted\nthat assailants in 63% cases are victims’ acquaintances, while rapists are\ntotal strangers in merely cases. Moreover, rape takes place indoors more often\nthan on a street. Thus, stereotypical image of rape by a stranger in the middle\nof the night is far from reality. Victim’s age varies from teenage to around\n70. Some report immediately after being attacked, while others wait for twenty\nor thirty years before reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WOMEN SUPPORT WOMEN FUND<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tokyo Rape Crisis Center has established a\nfoundation named WOMEN SUPPORT WOMEN FUND. A rape victim, who is our client,\nhad contributed one million yen to the center, so this foundation had been\nestablished. If a rape victim wants to report police or prosecute rapists, we\ncan lend at most two hundred thousand-yen from this foundation. So we can\nsupport her contribution to this foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finances<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese government does not give subsidy in\nthis area, therefore, our activity totally depends on contributions from our\nsupporters. Those who back our activity contribute by becoming members and\npaying membership fee of at least 3,000 yen per year. The center also receive\ncontribution from churches and private organization that give grants to support\nwomen’s activity. We will greatly appreciate your assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nTokyo Rape Crisis Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Address: Jyoto P.O. Box 7, Koto-ku, Tokyo\n136-8691 JAPAN
\nTel: 81-3-3207-3692
\nEmail: wsw@tokyo-rcc.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counseling service is available on
\nWednesdays 6 to 9 p.m.
\nSaturdays 3 to 6 p.m.
\n(Currently available Japanese only)
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\nYES! I WOULD LIKE TO HELP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please send your donation by:
\nT\/T : Japan Post Office Account No. 00190-4-93429<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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