According to a new study in Israel, chareidi women are more fearful than non-chareidi women of walking alone in the dark in their area of residence.
The lowest percentage of those who feel safe walking alone in the dark in their area of residence is among chareidi women, standing at 61%, compared to 63% among Arab women and 70% among non-chareidi Jewish women.
This emerges from data published in a new index of “Quality of Life of Population in Israeli Society” published by the Haredi Institute for Policy Studies. The file will be presented for the first time by its editors-in-chief, Prof. Nitza Kleiner Kassir, former director of the Bank of Israel Research Department, and Dr. Dmitry Romanov, former chief scientist of the Central Bureau of Statistics. Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, the director of the Welfare Ministry, and others.
A broad view of the timeline reveals significant changes in the degree of satisfaction with the functioning of the police among the various groups.
In Arab society, there was a significant decline in the rate of satisfaction with the performance of the police: in 2007, the rate of satisfaction with the functioning of the police was highest among the Arab population in all population groups (52%); in 2007). The majority of the Arab public (62 percent) believes that the police do not treat all citizens equally.
It is pointed out that there is no difference in satisfaction with police in different age groups.
Poll conducted by Eli Schlesinger on Sunday, 28 Iyar 5768: Personal Security, Ultra-Orthodox Women, The Haredi Institute for Policy Studies, Police, Current Affairs.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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And therefore what?
Wasted money! Nothing gained from this survey.
How is the study defining “non-Chareidi?” If that means non-Orthodox it means that it includes primarily women who have done the army and have had self-defense training, vs Chareidi women who do not enlist. This makes excellent sense. However, if “non-Chareidi” means Orthodox women who are not Chareidi, it means something entirely different. And note that the percentage of Arab women who do not feel safe (and who also haven’t done the army) is similar to Chareidi women.
Perhaps we could give self-defense training to women who don’t enlist, so that they will also feel – and be – safer.