Policy Field: Youth
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Guideline Development Process for Gender-Reflective Youth Services
The participation, acceptance, and self-realization of girls*, boys*, and queer young people—both with and without disabilities—remain unequal. Gender-reflective work in youth welfare must critically examine gender-specific roles and expectations. To assist professionals in this task, guidelines are provided. However, many still adhere to a binary understanding of gender, focusing solely on girls and boys. To…
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Guidelines to support trans*, inter* and non-binary students in Munich’s municipal schools
As trans*, inter* and non-binary students are reported to be at a much higher risk for suicide and mental health issues and due to a concerning increase in cases of discrimination at schools we are intensifying our work in this area. In a cooperation with the LGBTIQ* coordinator for the municipal schools, the Gender Equality…
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Queer Youth Centre Q:WIR
The Viennese Anti-Discrimination Unit for LGBTIQ Affairs collaborated with the department for education and youth perfectly in ensuring a process of founding and creating Austria’s first queer youth centre. After having a conference, an online-symposium and doing a study the City of Vienna invited for a call of best concepts, which was won by “Q:WIR”.…
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Queer youth work and youth association work
The coordination office for LGBTIQ equality in the city of Mainz has contacted the newly founded association Queer Youth Work in Mainz (QiM) e.V. Initially, short-term goals such as project funding will be the focus of the collaboration in 2024. One of QiM e.V.’s longer-term goals is to open a queer youth center in Mainz.…
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Educational materials pack supports teachers in discussing LGBTIQ topics
In 2023, workshops on diversity of gender and sexual orientation were organized in all schools of Helsinki in grades 6-9. The goal of the workshops was to enable a better understanding of LGBTIQ issues and increase respect for diversity as a step towards a safer school for everyone. As a continuation of this work, a…
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Game ‘Got Your Back’
City of Leuven has developed the Got Your Back game in collaboration with De Aanstokerij: This game allows you to playfully experience how it feels to experience discrimination and wants to make players aware of the bystander effect. First, this game was developed for discrimination based on skin color and ethnic diversity. Last year in…
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IDAHOT & PAARS campaign in high school
City of Leuven enters into a partnership with PAARS vzw to involve all secondary schools in the PAARS campaign as part of IDAHOT. The PAARS package includes ready-to-use teaching and action materials and helps teachers work around LGBTI+ inclusivity. City of Leuven organizes an official moment at IDAHOT to raise the flag together with civil…
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A leaflet on trans minors for school professionals
The more children and teenagers do not conform to the norms of their assigned gender, the more likely it is that they will experience marginalisation and violence at school. This makes it necessary for schools to make sure that trans children are recognised and respectfully supported in their gender identity. In 2024, the city of…
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Masterclass against discrimination
For the first time, the Equality Mission of the City of Bordeaux organized, in partnership with UNESCO and the French-speaking EGIDES network, a masterclass dedicated to the fight against racism and discrimination, including LGBTphobia, on June 6, 2024. This masterclass was also integrated into the Youth Forum of the Egides network which took place in…