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 lgbti+ 

The LGBTI+ community across the region face varied challenges including criminalisation, lack of adequate legal protections and hostile public attitudes that can lead to widespread stigma and discrimination – such as discrimination in the workplace, bullying in schools and lack of access to essential healthcare services.

 

Social Entrepreneurship offers young people who identify as being part of the LGBTI+ community a voice and empowers them to create jobs and provide solutions to the challenges their communities face. Diversity and inclusion are key to building a world where people can interact as equals and can feel proud of their identity.

Stories in words on LGBTi+ and youth entrepreneurship

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Watch the video of Youth Co:Lab alumni, Maraah - Roots of the Soul, a social enterprise from India, which supports sustainable livelihoods for indigenous artisans including women and LGBTI+ people in rural communities, by using locally available natural resources to create environmentally friendly products.

Diversity in Innovation - Youth Breaking Gender Barriers in Entrepreneurship

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Watch the Springboard Plus programme session amplifying the voices and stories of youth entrepreneurs as they journey through an inclusive and enabling space in innovation and entrepreneurship. It was moderated by Jezreel Punzalan, Youth Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator at UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub and joined by Youth Co:Lab Alumni Priyal Agrawal Founder and CEO of StandWeSpeak, and Saurav Verma, Program Manager of Nazariya. 

Stories in Video on LGBTI and youth entrepreneurship

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Maraah: Roots of the Soul - Creating Sustainable Livelihoods for Women and LGBTI+ Communities

Maraah: Roots of the Soul - Creating Sustainable Livelihoods for Women and LGBTI+ Communities
Maraah: Roots of the Soul - Creating Sustainable Livelihoods for Women and LGBTI+ Communities

Maraah: Roots of the Soul - Creating Sustainable Livelihoods for Women and LGBTI+ Communities

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Youth Co:Lab Springboard Plus - Together Always: United in Diversity

Youth Co:Lab Springboard Plus - Together Always: United in Diversity

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TransEnd (Bangladesh) - Empowering a Gender-Equal Society

TransEnd (Bangladesh) - Empowering a Gender-Equal Society

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Ya All (India) - Sports for Change in Empowering Queer and Transgender Youth

Ya All (India) - Sports for Change in Empowering Queer and Transgender Youth

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Learn about LGBTI communities, entrepreneurship and society 

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 What do you   know about  the   challenges faced   by the LGBTI   community?  

Test your knowledge on the issues facing the LGBTI community and society?

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Youth Co:Lab startups advancing the inclusion of the lGBTI Community 

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