GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEISRAELMEASURESINTERGOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS
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Intergovernmental Program for the Treatment of Sexual Assault Victims
Type of Measure
Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence
Sexual violence
Year
2007
Brief Description

The intergovernmental program for the treatment of sexual assault victims (2007-2008) has involved, during 2008, the establishment of a new and unique alternative framework for hospitalization of the victims and training and seminars for identification and treatment of sexual assault victims. In addition, a portion of the program's budget was allocated to supplement a program of the Ministry of Education for the treatment of child victims.

In 2008, work on the upgrading and expanding 3 existing multidisciplinary centers, including a center targeted for Arab women and girls, commenced, as well as the establishment of 3 additional centers.

Source of Information
Response of the Government of Israel to the questionnaire on violence against women, February 2009
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