I donated to a lobby against sexual violence in Israel [Hebrew link]
Results they have so far (1 person, about 2 years of lobbying):
Moved millions to open dedicated rooms in hospitals that treat rape victims, including the first such room in an Arab city
Got hospitals to test for rape drugs [is this the correct term in English?] in these rooms and in emergency rooms
Passed a law to stop hospitals from THROWING AWAY the results of the test done to rape victims (this test can contain proof of who the attacker was). Imagine how much the victims would pay for not throwing the test results away, just once.
Passed a law saying that a child’s guardian [legal parent] can’t keep being their guardian if they sexually assaulted the child. Until now, they just kept going
And more (see link)
My prior is that the early results in most projects should be pretty low, and only later one will “pick up the pace”.
I was skeptical because this sounds too good to be true, maybe they’re taking credit for the work of other people? So I asked a friend (Shiri Eisner) who is active in the feminist world (including politics), and she approved: This lobby is the real deal. I posted this on my Facebook wall and many other friends replied that they’re following this project for a long time and strongly endorse it.
I’ll add that they wanted to raise $50,000 for one more year of activity, this seems really low to me. (I’m happy they raised about $80,000).
I donated to a lobby against sexual violence in Israel [Hebrew link]
Results they have so far (1 person, about 2 years of lobbying):
Moved millions to open dedicated rooms in hospitals that treat rape victims, including the first such room in an Arab city
Got hospitals to test for rape drugs [is this the correct term in English?] in these rooms and in emergency rooms
Passed a law to stop hospitals from THROWING AWAY the results of the test done to rape victims (this test can contain proof of who the attacker was). Imagine how much the victims would pay for not throwing the test results away, just once.
Passed a law saying that a child’s guardian [legal parent] can’t keep being their guardian if they sexually assaulted the child. Until now, they just kept going
And more (see link)
My prior is that the early results in most projects should be pretty low, and only later one will “pick up the pace”.
I was skeptical because this sounds too good to be true, maybe they’re taking credit for the work of other people? So I asked a friend (Shiri Eisner) who is active in the feminist world (including politics), and she approved: This lobby is the real deal. I posted this on my Facebook wall and many other friends replied that they’re following this project for a long time and strongly endorse it.
I’ll add that they wanted to raise $50,000 for one more year of activity, this seems really low to me. (I’m happy they raised about $80,000).