1 in 6 Israel female troops report sexual abuse: Survey

‘An internal survey by the Israeli military has found that one in every six female troops has been sexually abused over the course of her enrollment with the forces.
The Jerusalem Post reported the results of the survey which was carried out by the chief of staff of the military’s gender adviser. They were collated through anonymous questionnaires sent to thousands of female soldiers and officers.
The vast majority of the female soldiers said that they had been harassed more than once during their service, the paper said, citing the findings of the survey.
Six percent of the respondents said they had been harassed two or three times and another 3% responded that they had been harassed four times or more, it added.
The study showed that the number of the respondents reporting four or four-plus instances of harassment “is the highest level since 2004.” It also revealed that 60 percent of the female forces could pin down an atmosphere of sexual harassment in the military.’
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