UN Human Rights Office Celebrates First Year of Global Campaign for LGBT Equality PRWeb
go to original September 11, 2014

A year ago, the United Nations launched an unprecedented global public education campaign for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender rights: Free & Equal. What has happened since then? Watch the video to find out. (UN HumanRights)

Free & Equal, the United Nations Human Rights Office’s global public education campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, has released “UN Free & Equal: One Billion Rising” a video highlighting the campaign’s impact to date.

At a time when the rights of LGBT people being challenged in some countries, the campaign has helped to raise awareness of the stigma, discrimination and violence that continues to affect LGBT communities in all parts of the world.

...The campaign’s message has reached more than one billion people around the world, and country-level campaigns have been launched in Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru, with more national launches scheduled for the coming year.

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Free & Equal is an initiative of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights implemented in partnership with the Purpose Foundation – a leader in building global, social media-driven campaigns on human rights-related issues.

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