Project NOA · Client Story
Yana: Not an Object Anymore
She had survived exploitation, only to be crushed by the state’s paperwork.
Meet Yana
Abused as a child, Yana was forced into street prostitution. When she finally escaped the sex trade, she wasn’t met with support, she was met with 100,000 shekels in compounded government debt from COVID-19 mask fines. She had survived exploitation, only to be crushed by the state’s paperwork.
JIJ attorney Tamar Stachel Devor took Yana’s case. We argued that the State cannot penalize the vulnerable for circumstances it failed to prevent. The result? Every shekel of debt was erased. Today, Yana is a free woman with a clean slate.
Project NOA
You Are Their Path to Freedom
In Israel, over 14,000 individuals are trapped in the sex trade. JIJ’s Project NOA provides free legal aid to survivors and lobbies the Knesset to target pimps and buyers, facilitating rehabilitation and restoration.
Your donation funds the relentless legal advocacy required to turn a life sentence of debt into total freedom.
