Open Door
Advancing Healthy Sexuality
About
"Open Door" — Advancing Healthy Sexuality dedicated to your sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. We champion not only rights and dignity but also joy, intimacy, and pleasure that are essential to human wellbeing.
Open Door was founded in 1966 under the name "The Israeli Family Planning Association" and became a registered nonprofit in 1984, with the aim of advancing a society in which every family and individual enjoys good health and quality of life, regardless of their ethnic, religious, or cultural background. A society that upholds the values of gender equality and human rights - including, among others, the right to healthy sexuality — in which every person is entitled to make informed and free decisions, with equal access to education and quality healthcare services. Open Door is the exclusive representative in Israel of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), which has been operating for over 60 years in approximately 180 countries. Open Door leads policy at the local, national, and global levels to make sexual health services accessible to adolescents and young people, and to advance recognition of one of the most fundamental human rights: the right to sexual health - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
Our Vision
Open Door leads the public and social discourse on healthy sexuality in Israel, while developing up-to-date professional knowledge in the field. Open Door is the leading body in protecting and advocating for human rights to sexual health, and in making quality services in this field accessible to all - without discrimination whether gender, religion, age, ethnicity, citizenship, or disability. Open Door serves as a physical and virtual home - open, accessible, positive, and attentive -in the area of healthy sexuality, with a particular emphasis on the unique needs of adolescents and young people
Counseling & Support on Sex and Sexuality
The counselors at Open Door's counseling centers provide counseling, support, and assistance to adolescents, young people, parents,
and professionals on all matters related to parenting sex and sexuality.
You can consult with us on topics including sexual relations, relationships, sexual identity and orientation, concern about pregnancy and unplanned pregnancy, physiological and emotional changes, body image, contraception, and more.
Within the counseling centers, two additional services are available:
appointments with a gynecologist, and brief therapy provided by a clinical social worker.
Open Door's counselors are here for you during service hours:
Sunday through Thursday, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
(except for the emergency response line)
Important Notes
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All of our services are free of charge.
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With the exception of WhatsApp, all of our services are anonymous.
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In-person counseling with an advisor or a gynecologist is available
by prior appointment at one of our four counseling centers. -
In the spirit of transparency, we wish to inform you that by law we are obligated to report any inquiry involving suicidal ideation, or risk or harm to a minor by someone responsible for them,
in their home, or in a setting where they are present.
Talk to Us
To register for the Professional Training Program For educators in healthy sexuality:
03-771-4330
For the organization's management Donations, partnerships, employment, and more:
03-510-1511
To book workshops and lectures For schools and other settings:
03-771-4331
To volunteer with the organization Various areas of activity:
055-984-4504
For inquiries to the Counseling Centers Questions about sex and sexuality :
*6338
Want to stay updated?
Join the Open Door newsletter: updates on workshops, courses and events, professional content and current knowledge on sexuality, sexual health and gender equality —plus a peek into what we do.
We only send when we truly have something to say. No fluff.
Want to volunteer with the organization?
Open Door is an organization based largely on volunteer activity, primarily in the counseling centers. Counselors receive training through a volunteer course.
No course is currently scheduled to open in the near future, but to be contacted as soon as one does,
you're welcome to register here.
Help us keep the door open!
Your donation will help us continue the important work for which Open Door was founded and has operated over the years — free counseling for adolescents, young people, and their parents on topics related to parenting sexuality; workshops and lectures on sexual education in schools and other settings;
and the training of professionals in healthy parenting sexuality education.
Open Door is a non-profit organization, recognized for tax purposes
in Israel, USA, Canada and the UK.
Donate by cheque:
Payable to: "Open Door" P.O. Box 57602 Tel Aviv, 6158601
Donate via bank transfer:
"Open Door" — Registered Nonprofit Discount Bank — Rothschild 100 Branch Bank Account Number: 1780443
Organizational Membership
Membership in the organization grants the right to vote and be elected to the organization's institutions, as well as a discount at the organization's study days.Membership fee: 150 NIS per year
For students, soldiers, and volunteers: 75 NIS per year
Our Team
Liron Bauchner
CEO
Liron holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Communication and Journalism. For the past 12 years she has lived and breathed the nonprofit sector and loves every moment of it. She has worked in resource development and external relations, and has managed a Friends' Association, as well as marketing and communications in large social organizations such as Enosh (the Israeli Mental Health Association) and the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization. She is raising — with great love — two daughters and a son, and for inspiration and broadening of horizons, she tries to walk by the sea and breathe it in deeply at least once a week.
Dr. Adva Berkowitz-Romano
Professional Consultant
A specialist social worker in gender and sexuality. An activist and social entrepreneur, lecturer, and workshop facilitator. She develops diverse programs that integrate activism from early childhood through adulthood.
Shay Mitsar
Counseling Center Coordinator- Haifa Center
Shay holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work with a focused specialization in children and youth, and is a resident of the Carmel Coast. She began her journey with Open Door as a volunteer during her studies, and the work in this field quickly became a central professional passion she simply fell in love with. In addition to her work at Open Door, she facilitates workshops on healthy sexuality and is at the beginning of her path in this field, which is the primary direction she aspires to grow in. She brings experience in individual, group, and community work with children and youth. Alongside her important work at Open Door, she makes a point of incorporating sport and the sea into her personal life.
Tamar Yogev
Head of Professional Training Division
Tamar holds a Bachelor's degree in Design from the Minerva Academy in the Netherlands. In the past she was an active artist in both the Netherlands and Israel, as well as an events producer in the mind-body field. Today she is a healthy sexuality facilitator and works as Head of the Training Division at Open Door.
Neta Vardi
Counseling Center Coordinator — Beer Sheva
Neta comes from a background of working with youth, including facilitation in youth movements and in a residential facility. She is currently in her final year of a Bachelor's degree in Social Work. As part of her studies she completed a practical placement at Open Door in counseling and community education for healthy sexuality with adolescents, and at Chavat Lahav — a therapeutic farm for individuals coping with security-related post-trauma.
Anat Rafael
Coordinator — Operations and Administration
Anat holds a Bachelor's degree in Education and English Teaching, and is currently a Master's student in Gender Studies at Bar-Ilan University. She began her journey at Open Door as a student and community volunteer, drawn by the connection to the work, the organization's values, and a commitment to advancing accessible and healthy sexuality. In recent years she worked as a teacher and homeroom educator in middle school, and today she facilitates workshops and sexuality education for youth, young women, and women. In her view, knowledge is power. She believes in open dialogue and advocates for every person's right to know everything we wish we had known sooner.
Ayelet Beeri
Head of Community Education Division
Ayelet holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the Technion and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Haifa. She is also a graduate of Open Door's training program as a healthy sexuality facilitator. In the past she worked as an HR manager and training manager at some of Israel's largest companies, as an organizational consultant, and as a workshop facilitator in various companies and organizations. She has lived and breathed the field of training and facilitation for over 25 years, with extensive experience in organizing, developing, and delivering training programs.
Ayina Cohen
Counseling Center Coordinator -
Tel Aviv and Holon
Ayina holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and is currently pursuing a Master's degree at the University of Haifa in the Child and Youth track. She began her journey at Open Door through the healthy sexuality training program, and has since continued to volunteer and become integrated into the organization. In her role at Open Door she facilitates workshops on healthy sexuality. She brings six years of experience in community work and individual and group work with children and youth. Alongside her work at Open Door, she also works as a therapeutic coordinator and parent coach at a communication kindergarten.
Neta Chernikov
Social Media Coordinator
Neta holds a B.A. in Psychology and is a graduate of Open Door's training program as a healthy sexuality facilitator. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults — in the education system and in mental health rehabilitation. She facilitates workshops on breathing and healthy communication, and has worked in psychological research in laboratories studying emotional regulation, eating disorders, body image, and cognitive abilities. She comes from the world of social media, with extensive experience creating content for businesses and social organizations. She believes in open, attentive, and authentic dialogue.
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