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The Proud Youth Organization provides a warm home and a wide range of important activities for LGBT youth across the country.
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Iggy – The proud youth organization has been operating since 2002. Iggy is a social-educational organization working for youth and young people (12-23) LGBT in the formulation of sexual and / or gender identity. From its inception to date, Iggy is the only organization operating for LGBT youth In Israel and in recent years has grown to be the largest in the proud community organizations in Israel. The organization has about 320 volunteers and volunteers and over 4,000 trainees and trainees taking part in ongoing activities throughout the year. Iggy aims to empower youth and LGBT youth to create meaningful social space for them and encourage them to take part in community design in particular and Israeli society in general. The organization works for education and social change for LGBT and heterosexual youth alike and works to eradicate violent phenomena. , Racism and homophobia to create a just, equitable and democratic society.
Trans Youth
The reality of the lives of LGBT youth and young people in the periphery is at increased risk. Based on research from around the world, it can be determined that 150,000 youth and young people in Israel are at risk. Many of them are exposed to verbal, physical, and sexual violence, even within the educational, military, and home systems, which are supposed to provide sheltered spaces for youth and teenagers.
Many times this violence does not receive any systemic or institutional response, as they refrain from contacting the authorities because of fear of revealing their sexual orientation or gender identity. Being in a state of social isolation, the sense of fear and being under constant threat can lead many youth and young people to risk behaviors such as: self-harm, increased drug and alcohol abuse, risky sexual behavior and more. Also, according to the Knesset Research and Information Center, the rate of suicide among homosexual adolescents is two to three times higher than the overall suicide rate. This project is designed and tailored to the unique needs of youth and young people coming from the Ethiopian and USSR peripheries.
Elwan Activity for Arab Youth
The reality of the lives of LGBT youth and young people in the periphery is at increased risk. Based on research from around the world, it can be determined that 150,000 youth and young people in Israel are at risk. Many of them are exposed to verbal, physical, and sexual violence, even within the educational, military, and home systems, which are supposed to provide sheltered spaces for youth and teenagers.
Many times this violence does not receive any systemic or institutional response, as they refrain from contacting the authorities because of fear of revealing their sexual orientation or gender identity. Being in a state of social isolation, the sense of fear and being under constant threat can lead many youth and young people to risk behaviors such as: self-harm, increased drug and alcohol abuse, risky sexual behavior and more. Also, according to the Knesset Research and Information Center, the rate of suicide among homosexual adolescents is two to three times higher than the overall suicide rate. This project is designed and tailored to the unique needs of youth and young people coming from the Ethiopian and USSR peripheries.
Religious Groups
The reality of the lives of LGBT youth and young people in the periphery is at increased risk. Based on research from around the world, it can be determined that 150,000 youth and young people in Israel are at risk. Many of them are exposed to verbal, physical, and sexual violence, even within the educational, military, and home systems, which are supposed to provide sheltered spaces for youth and teenagers.
Many times this violence does not receive any systemic or institutional response, as they refrain from contacting the authorities because of fear of revealing their sexual orientation or gender identity. Being in a state of social isolation, the sense of fear and being under constant threat can lead many youth and young people to risk behaviors such as: self-harm, increased drug and alcohol abuse, risky sexual behavior and more. Also, according to the Knesset Research and Information Center, the rate of suicide among homosexual adolescents is two to three times higher than the overall suicide rate. This project is designed and tailored to the unique needs of youth and young people coming from the Ethiopian and USSR peripheries.
Youth in the Periphery
The reality of the lives of LGBT youth and young people in the periphery is at increased risk. Based on research from around the world, it can be determined that 150,000 youth and young people in Israel are at risk. Many of them are exposed to verbal, physical, and sexual violence, even within the educational, military, and home systems, which are supposed to provide sheltered spaces for youth and teenagers.
Many times this violence does not receive any systemic or institutional response, as they refrain from contacting the authorities because of fear of revealing their sexual orientation or gender identity. Being in a state of social isolation, the sense of fear and being under constant threat can lead many youth and young people to risk behaviors such as: self-harm, increased drug and alcohol abuse, risky sexual behavior and more. Also, according to the Knesset Research and Information Center, the rate of suicide among homosexual adolescents is two to three times higher than the overall suicide rate. This project is designed and tailored to the unique needs of youth and young people coming from the Ethiopian and USSR peripheries.