GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEISRAELMEASURESBENEFICIAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR WOMEN IN PROSTITUTION
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ISRAEL | ASIA
Beneficial employment program and vocational training for women in prostitution
Type of Measure
Services > Social services > Longer term support Education Employment Housing and Financial
Form of Violence
Trafficking; Violence against women and girls;
Brief Description

A beneficial employment program was formulated as a joint venture with Hope Center NGO, aiming to provide a tailored response to people in prostitution who wish to reintegrate into the labor market. This program will provide, inter alia, individual and group accompaniment and preparatory workshops for labor market for three months, after which women will be employed with "friendly employers", with the continued support of the program, until they achieve stable employment and exit from the cycle of prostitution.

Vocational school for women exiting prostitution, aimed at acquiring a profession and integrating into the labor market. The school operates around 62 focused courses that last about ten 10 weeks, including administrative management and web development cooking and pastry, interior design, and fashion-related sales. MSWA contracted "Her Academy Association" in December 2020, and in 2023 the Ministry allocated a budget for the project in an amount of about 850 thousand NIS.

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