On March 10, 2020, the High Council of Justice (HCOJ) nominated Nino Kadagidze to the Parliament as a candidate for the Chair position. She was one of those 10 candidates who the HCOJ nominated to Parliament for the Supreme Court without any public hearing and discussion at the end of December, 2018. The Coalition believes …

The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary is reacting to important deficiencies of the judicial disciplinary proceedings, which have a negative effect on judicial independence and undermine public trust in the court system. Despite four waves of judicial reforms during the last few years, the system of judicial disciplinary liability does not ensure fairness, …

The Office of Public Defender of Georgia issued a recommendation to the Tbilisi State Medical University on the basis of statements made by the Equality Movement regarding the existence of homophobic and stigma-enhancing records in the textbooks of the university. The Equality Movement appealed to the Public Defender’s Office on November 2, 2018 and June …

“Bullying started in my life way back when I was a public school student. I had a strange name and it caused a great surprise of people around me. They laughed at me saying that my mother didn’t love me gave me such a name. A stranger, someone who did not know me may say …

In January 2020, transgender woman reported to the Equality Movement that she was verbally and physically abused by a consumer, a stranger man, in her workplace, in a supermarket chain Spar. According to the victim, a customer when entered in the supermarket made a transphobic comment about his gender self-expression, the accused verbally abused and …

The video is part of You Are Not Alone campaign of the Equality Movement, which aims to start a conversation about homophobic and transphobic bullying. You Are Not Alone is designed to promote open discussion on a deep rooted problem – bullying, especially trans and homophobic bullying. The campaign also features a magazine Egalite , …

A man accused of robbery and sexual assault to a transgender woman has been sentenced five years imprisonment. Transgender woman applied to the Equality Movement on August 12 for legal aid. She informed us that she had voluntary sex with an unknown person. thereafter, the person insisted on her to have an unwanted sexual intercourse, but …

Two doctors who were accused by citizen of Egypt of mistreating his father were given a written warning. On February 26, 2019, the citizen of Egypt residing in Georgia requested legal assistance from Equality Movement, explaining that his father was placed in the National Center for Surgery, where he was not receiving proper medical attention …

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation over violent and homo/transphobic threat to LGBT activists in the social network. On December 12, 2019, Equality Movement held a awarding ceremony of the Equality Awards 2019. The award was given to LGBTQ human rights activists and supporters, including a transgender woman. After the …