Drawing the Lines to prevent Intimate Partner Violence
Violence and abuse in relationships between intimate partners is a serious social problem, affecting all communities in Israeli society. The majority of those directly affected by Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) are women, but the behaviors also have a damaging effect on children, family members, and society at large. According to estimates by expert, the problem has not decreased in recent years.
Why does it happen? Various factors contribute to IPV: personal characteristics of people who abuse behave violently; social factors, that is cultural norms that blur boundaries in couples and families; levels of violence tolerated in a society; perceptions of gender roles; and gender inequality in social, economic, and physical dimensions.
To bring about real change and reduce Intimate Partner Violence, for both men and women, we need a broad alliance that spans all sectors.
Drawing the Lines initiative was established by SHEATUFIM in 2021. It is a network of more than 100 partners from all sectors, from government authorities to businesses, social organizations, academia, and community groups. The shared mission is to reduce Intimate Partner Violence, with a focus on prevention and early detection.
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Partner organizations in the steering committee
1005
Participants in a national survey on IPV in Israel
170
Partners, researchers and activists
70
Meetings and forums
2021
Drawing the Lines is established
Vision and Objective
Our vision
We seek a tangible change in Israeli society, to significantly reducing cases of Intimate Partner Violence. We aim to create profound changes in public awareness and broad scale condemnation of this violence. Public awareness and social support will prevent the increase in violence and help individuals take an active and informed role in refusing to tolerate abusive relationships. A network of effective professional resources will assist in preventing IVP, in sync with individual, gender-based, and cultural needs.
Our objectives
We strive to create a broad and inclusive partnership that will act in a systemic manner to promote greater awareness of the range of behaviors classified as Intimate Partner Violence, and advance ways to prevent that violence throughout Israeli society
Our goals
Awareness
increase public recognition of the problem, its characteristics, its consequences, and the available responses
Support
create a community, social and public support system to prevent intimate partner violence and help individuals leave violent relationships.
Action
identify and stop intimate partner violence among couples and their immediate environment in the early stages.
Collective Impact operation model
The initiative is based on the Collective Impact model, developed in the United States to advance solutions to complex social problems. The model posits that the solution to the issues cannot be achieved by an individual organization or sector taking action on its own. Cooperation across sectors and communities is needed to probe the issues and develop long-term, sustainable solutions.
The model is based on fundamental principles that include creating a common agenda, a shared system of measurement system, activities that reinforce one another, open and ongoing communication, and an organization that serves as the center of command. organization.
SHEATUFIM is the backbone for the initiative –providing the professional and organizational infrastructures required for varied endeavors to be effective and influential.
Steering Committee
Partner organizations
The backbone of the Initiative
The backbone organization team works to promote the partnership and its collective impact.
Sawsan Touma Shukha
Arab Society Partnerships Manager
Sawsan Touma Shukha
Arab Society Partnerships Manager
In her previous position, Sawsan managed the Unit for Utilization of Resources & Economic Development in Daburiyya Local Council. ...
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Ziv Raz
Professional consultant
Ziv Raz
Professional consultant
Social worker, psychotherapist, coordinator of training for professionals in the field of intimate partner violence. Involved in the field ...
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Keren Shemer
Keren SInitiative Coordinator
Keren Shemer
Keren SInitiative Coordinator
Keren is the coordinator of Red Lines Prevention of Intimate partner violence Partnership. She began her career in the ...
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Yasmin Rubin Cooper
Director of the Initiative
Yasmin Rubin Cooper
Director of the Initiative
Yasmin has extensive experience with organizational consulting in the first and third sectors, leading partnerships and advising on strategic processes. ...
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Fainy Sukenik
Haredi Society & Business Partnerships Manager
Fainy Sukenik
Haredi Society & Business Partnerships Manager
Fainy is an educational-social entrepreneur in the Haredi community, active in various fields related to welfare, education and the appearance ...
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Established at the end of 2022 by the philanthropic foundations partnered in the Drawing the Lines initiative. The Drawing Change Fund promotes the implementation of innovative and diverse projects based on the strategies developed be the initiative.
For more information contact
Mrs. Adina Pekin
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