As Israel investigates widespread reports of rape and sexual violence on October 7, Dr. Dvora Bauman, director of the Bat Ami Center at the Hadassah Medical Organization, is advising hospitals on what to do if and when victims come forward.
Sexual abuse survivors are sometimes hesitant to provide testimony directly and will say, for example, "that they heard there was rape in a neighbor’s house," Dr. Bauman told The Washington Post in a November 25 article, part of its coverage of Hamas’s use of rape as a weapon of war.
Hadassah's Bat Ami Center for Victims of Sexual Abuse was established in 2009. Open 24 hours a day, the primary goal of the treatment at the Center is to return control to the survivor.
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Read the full article in The Washington Post on Israel's investigation into rape as a weapon of war.
Read Hadassah and the Hadassah Foundation's joint statement in response to UN secretary general and UN Women.
Listen to this Hadassah on Call podcast episode about treatment for victims of sexual abuse at the Bat Ami Center.
Read this story about empowering women and helping to heal victims of abuse at the Bat Ami Center.