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Knesset extends legal aid for victims of sex offenses

The legal aid will make submitting a complaint easier and streamline the process, leading to more complaints, and more proceedings against offenders, which will increase deterrence.

|ByEVE YOUNG
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Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2023.

'We believe you': Knesset expands free legal aid to sexual assault victims

MK Michaeli: It's time to stop abandoning victims. The state has an obligation to help victims of sexual assault receive the recognition and justice they deserve.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
INDIAN WOMEN join the thousands flooding the streets and protesting sexual violence, after the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman.

A Jerusalem center works to break the silence about rape

The Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center expands its role in the global fight to drastically change the approach to sexual abuse.

|ByCASSANDRA GOMES-HOCHBERG
Volunteers meet at the Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center

The unsung – the women behind the Jerusalem Rape Crisis Center

We sit down with the women who, for many sexual-abuse victims, are the first port of call.

|ByILANIT CHERNICK