Equality Movement

Equality Movement (EM) is a membership-based organization, established in the year 2011. With two regional offices, 20 staff members, and up to 15 volunteers, EM is the largest LGBTI human rights organization in Georgia. Currently, EM unites 33 members across the country, and every two years, members are electing the board to General Assembly. EM is founded on a vision to live in a society free of sexism and homophobia, where persons’ gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation is not the reason for any kind of violence and LGBTQ persons and women are equal members of the society. In order to achieve this, the organization’s mission is to support and empower LGBTQ persons and women and also fight against sexism and homophobia in society. Thus we provide social and legal services to empower and mobilize women and the LGBTQ community, as well as public awareness raising and policy advocacy interventions. EM’s operational areas are 1. Improving access of LGBTQ persons to healthcare services 2. Mobilizing and empowering the LGBTQ community and women 3. Forming an environment for better integration of LGBTQ persons and women. EM’s target groups are 1. LGBTQ persons and activists 2. Women 3. Healthcare and social service providers 4. Media 5. Policy and decision-makers 6. Civil society 7. Education sector workers