GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEISRAELMEASURESPREVENTION OF VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY LAW
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Prevention of Violence in the Family Law
Type of Measure
Laws > Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Year
1991
Brief Description
The law empowered family courts to issue protective orders against violent spouses. It also provided that an employer may not fire a woman if she had the need to leave her home and workplace in order to move to a shelter for violence victims.
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Israel to the questionnaire on violence against women, February 2009
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