The Help Center for victims of physical and sexual violence at Women against Violence is launching its campaign through social media to raise awareness regarding the services provided by the center. As we believe that a life of dignity, safety and justice is a basic right, and that each woman and girl is entitled to care and support in order to break the circle of violence, we are launching the "6566813-04" campaign to introduce the services provided by the Help Center for victims of physical and sexual violence.

 

Data from the 2016 semi-annual report issued by the Help Center

 

45% of the sexual violence crimes reported to the Help Center were crimes of rape.

 

39% of the cases reported to the Help Center were cases of sexual harassment.

 

25% of the sexual harassment cases reported to the Help Center occurred at the work place.

 

38% of the sexual violence cases were committed by the husband.

 

In 30% of the cases reported to the Help Center, the women expressed fear regarding potential murder due to the availability of weapons in their close surroundings.

 

In 72% of the cases reported to the Help Center, the victims did not file a complaint at the police station.

 

It is worth mentioning that the center provides 24/7 support. It is operated by 60 volunteers – all women - who invest maximal efforts in order to support women and girls, listen to them and embrace them, adopting a feminist “woman-to-woman” approach to help them break the circle of violence.