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Forced Mobilization of Women during the wartime general mobilization system and the task of Finding Facts

전시총동원체제기 여성의 강제동원과 사실 규명의 과제

  • 강혜경 (숙명여자대학교 역사문화학과)
  • Received : 2021.01.21
  • Accepted : 2021.02.04
  • Published : 2021.02.28

Abstract

Japanese imperialism initiated the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and promulgated the Total National Mobilization Act in 1938, establishing a wartime total mobilization system. In the beginning of the wartime general mobilization system, Japanese colonialism focused on women's labor force and mobilized women both domestically and abroad. Women were forcibly mobilized to the Labor Patriotism Unit and Jeongshindae(Korean Women Labor Corps). Women had to take the place of home work as well as the work of men who had already been mobilized, and at the same time faced a poor situation of being forced to mobilize for war. The mobilization of Jeongshindae took place in various forms, such as recruitment, voluntary support by government offices, propaganda through schools or groups, job fraud, coercion or threats. Jeongshindae which was a representative victim of the forced mobilization of women during the Japanese colonial period, was individually litigated and remains an unresolved problem. In order to uncover the reality of the forced mobilization of women during the wartime general mobilization system, continuous research and social education through related organizations are required.

일본제국주의는 1937년 중일전쟁을 일으키고 1938년 국가총동원법을 공포하면서 전시총동원체제를 구축해 나갔다. 전시총동원체제기에 접어들면서 일제는 여성들의 노동력에 주목하여 국내뿐만 아니라 국외로도 여성들을 동원하였다. 식민지 조선은 물론 국외의 여성들까지 근로보국대, 여자근로정신대 등으로 강제로 동원되었다. 여성들은 가내 노동은 물론 이미 동원된 남성들의 노동을 대신해야 했으며, 동시에 강제로 전쟁을 위해 동원되는 열악한 상황에 처했다. 여자근로정신대의 동원은 관청의 알선, 모집, 자발적인 지원, 학교나 단체를 통한 선전, 취업 사기, 강제나 협박 등 다양한 형태로 이루어졌다. 일제강점기 강제적 여성 동원의 대표적 희생자였던 여자근로정신대 문제는 개별적으로 소송이 진행되며 여전히 해결되지 않은 문제로 남아 있다. 전시총동원체제기 여성의 강제동원에 대한 실체를 밝히기 위해서는 관련 기구를 통해 지속적인 연구와 사회적 교육이 필요하다.

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