Newly arrived comfort women line up for inspection on Terok Nor.
During the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor, the Cardassians took Bajoran women from their homes and families on Bajor to serve as comfort women for them.
In this role, these women seemed to provide everything from companionship to sexual favors to the officers on Terok Nor, and were given comfortable living, clothing, medical care, and rations in return. Their loved ones were sometimes provided additional accommodation as well, though despite these benefits they had no intrinsic rights and were essentially used and discarded at will.
Although these women were compelled to participate in the occupation, these comfort women were widely hated by their fellow Bajorans, and were referred to as collaborators. (DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night")
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- Comfort woman at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Comfort women at Wikipedia