Information additional to that contained in Responses to Information Request ISR17919.E of 18 July 1994 and ISR18132.E of 2 August 1994, which are available at your Regional Documentation Centre, could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.

For information on recourse available to women who have been raped, including how investigations proceed and statistics on prosecution, please refer to Responses to Information Requests ISR16877.E of 20 April 1994 and ISR17386.E of 5 May 1994, to which is attached a letter from the Israeli Ministry of Police in Jerusalem concerning the treatment of rape victims. In addition please find attached to this response a copy of sections 345-353 and sections 378-382 of the Israeli penal code, sent to the DIRB by the Israel Women's Network (IWN) in Jerusalem. These sections deal with sexual offences and assault, respectively.

A Jerusalem Post article of 3 February 1994 about a symposium held by the Hadassan National Board reports that a participant "spoke of the abuse immigrant women suffer in the workplace, which they suffer silently rather than lose their jobs."

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

The Jerusalem Post. 3 February 1994. Sasha Sadan. "Panel: Equality for Women in Practice, But Not in Reality."

The Jerusalem Post. 3 February 1994. Sasha Sadan. "Panel: Equality for Women in Practice, But Not in Reality."

Israel. 1992. Penal Code of Israel, excerpts of paragraphs 5 and 8 on sexual offenses and assault. Translated by the Multilingual Translation Directorate of the Ministry of Public Works and Government Services Canada.