Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Rights established the Global Equality Network to help LGBT organizations working in dangerous environments. The Global Equality Network strengthens the capacity of these organizations to advocate and work for LGBT rights and protections in their regions.

The Global Equality Network is working to:

• Develop a grassroots global network focused on protection of LGBT populations in danger
• Build local capacity in regions where LGBT rights are hampered by political, social, and religious opposition
• Establish several anchor institutions to build regional networks and serve as regional resource centers
• Provide a forum for learning and capacity development to build LGBT civil society from the ground up.

Our Regional Partners

Heartland Alliance works with several partner organizations in countries where LGBT rights are threatened and where the potential for building a movement is high. These organizations offer the possibility of becoming regional resource centers for new LGBT groups in the surrounding area. Our partners include:

• OASIS (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
• Helem (Beirut, Lebanon)
• Equal Ground (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
• The Independent Project (Lagos, Nigeria)