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Yael is leading the battle to change laws on sexual abuse

YAEL Sherer enjoyed a seemingly idyllic childhood. Raised in Kokhav Ya’ir, in the centre of Israel, her South African-born mother was a nursery school teacher, while her father, Dr Moshe Sherer, worked for the Ministry of Agriculture.

Growing up with two older brothers, life was comfortable — or so she thought.

For it was all a facade as her father sexually abused his daughter for years.

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