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11 Beit Hadfus
Givat Shaul - Jerusalem
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| Bishvilaych is a Registered Nonprofit in Israel, USA, Canada, and UK |
The Evelyne Barnett Women's Comprehensive Medical Center
Bishvilaych (Hebrew: feminine form of “for you”) was established in 2004 by Sara Siemiatycki. As director of a Jerusalem-based medical facility and community health advocate, Ms. Siemiatycki was struck by women’s overwhelming lack of information, anxiety, and sense of isolation surrounding health issues. Further investigation pointed to a serious discrepancy in health outcomes for women throughout Israel, with particularly low indicators for religious women. Ms. Siemiatycki recruited Dr. Diana Flescher, a longtime activist in women's health issues to address this gender gap and together, they opened the first and only prevention-based non-profit organization for women's health in Israel. Bishvilaych’s programs focus on providing underprivileged women and girls in Israel with the confidence and skills to become active participants in their health, challenging the traditional paternalistic approach to health care.
Our mission is twofold:
1) To foster informed self-care among underserved Jewish women in Israel through physical and mental health maintenance rather than simply disease-based care
2) To promote gender-specific medicine as inclusive of social, physical, and mental health care through prevention and early detection in both lay leaders and health professionals countrywide.
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