Global Equality Caucus

What Global Equality Caucus does

The Global Equality Caucus (GEC) is an international non-profit network of current and former legislators founded in June 2019 and hosted by Campaigns in Global Health, a registered charity in England and Wales. The organization is headquartered in London and operates with a small secretariat of 8 staff, delivering programs through five regional chapters covering Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Commonwealth, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Its core purpose is to connect parliamentarians across regions to advance LGBT+ equality legislation and HIV prevention policy through peer learning, strategic convenings, and evidence-based resources.

GEC's product offerings are primarily policy publications and advocacy campaigns rather than technology products. Flagship resources include the HIV Prevention Handbook: Best Practices for Legislators (with regional editions for Eastern & Southern Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific), the Going the extra mile policy guidebook for G7 and EU countries, and ongoing campaigns including Ban Conversion Therapy Now!, Breaking Barriers in HIV, Decriminalising HIV, and Lawmakers for LGBT+ Equality. The organization co-launched the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV/AIDS with the Global TB Caucus and UNITE in 2024 and convenes an annual Global Equality Summit (inaugural edition Cape Town, November 2024, with over 200 participants).

The organization does not charge membership fees and operates on a grant-funded non-profit revenue model. Funding sources include multi-year grants from the UK Government for Southern Africa work, pharmaceutical company support from ViiV Healthcare and Gilead Sciences for HIV programming, and foundation grants from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Gates Foundation, and others. Revenue is supplemented by support from multilateral organizations including the Global Fund and PEPFAR. Distribution occurs through direct legislator outreach, regional chapter activities, curated international delegations to events like WorldPride, and side events at major conferences such as the World Health Summit, Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, and ICASA.

Name

Global Equality Caucus

Legal name

Campaigns in Global Health

Website

https://equalitycaucus.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Global Equality Caucus is an international non-profit network, founded 2019 and hosted by Campaigns in Global Health, connecting approaching 1,000 legislators across five regional chapters to advance LGBT+ equality legislation and HIV prevention policy through publications, campaigns, and convenings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

LGBTQ+ Rights & Advocacy Organizations (BPAGAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Global Health Advocacy, Policy & Rights Organizations (HLAJAKAO)

Keywords

• Legislative advocacy network
• LGBT+ rights advocacy
• HIV prevention policy
• Parliamentary engagement
• Equality legislation

Headquarters

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Grants and Donations: GEC operates as a charitable organization funded primarily by government grants (UK Government multi-year funding), pharmaceutical companies (ViiV Healthcare, Gilead Sciences), international organizations (Global Fund, PEPFAR), foundations (Elton John AIDS Foundation, Gates Foundation), and development agencies. Funding supports parliamentary engagement programs, HIV prevention initiatives, and regional network expansion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Global Equality Caucus is an international network of legislators supporting LGBT+ equality. It produces policy publications (HIV Prevention Handbooks with regional editions and the Going the Extra Mile policy guide) and runs targeted advocacy campaigns (Ban Conversion Therapy Now!, Lawmakers for LGBT+ Equality, Breaking Barriers in HIV, and Decriminalising HIV) to help lawmakers advance inclusive legislation. The organization maintains regional chapters, notably in Africa, and convenes legislators through international delegations and side events at major policy forums.

Product overview

Global Equality Caucus is an international network of parliamentarians dedicated to advancing LGBT+ equality through legislative engagement. The organization operates as a membership network rather than a software product company. Its core offerings include policy publications (HIV Prevention Handbook in regional editions for Eastern & Southern Africa, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific; Going the Extra Mile guidebook for high-income countries), advocacy campaigns (Ban Conversion Therapy Now!, Lawmakers for LGBT+ Equality, Breaking Barriers in HIV, Decriminalising HIV), and a network of regional chapters (Africa, Asia-Pacific, Commonwealth, Europe and North America, Latin America and Caribbean) that connect legislators across the Global South and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• HIV Prevention Handbook: Best Practices for Legislators (regional editions) A flagship policy handbook for legislators outlining best practices on HIV prevention, treatment, and the legal and policy reforms needed to end the HIV epidemic. Issued in regional editions tailored to different legal and epidemiological contexts. Audience: serving legislators and parliamentary staff.
• Going the Extra Mile: A Policy Guide for Legislators to End the HIV Epidemic A policy guidebook aimed at legislators, providing actionable recommendations and model approaches to accelerate progress toward ending the HIV epidemic. Audience: members of parliament and senate equivalents.
• Ban Conversion Therapy Now! campaign An advocacy campaign by GEC supporting legislators to enact bans on conversion therapy practices targeting LGBT+ people. Audience: legislators and parliamentary caucuses working on LGBT+ equality.
• Lawmakers for LGBT+ Equality initiative A standing initiative of GEC that mobilises serving lawmakers to publicly champion and advance LGBT+ equality legislation in their own legislatures. Audience: serving legislators worldwide.
• Breaking Barriers in HIV campaign An advocacy campaign focused on removing legal, policy, and societal barriers that impede HIV prevention, treatment, and care, particularly for key populations. Audience: legislators and HIV-focused policymakers.
• Decriminalising HIV campaign A campaign supporting the repeal or reform of laws that criminalise HIV status, exposure, or non-disclosure, working with legislators in jurisdictions where such laws remain in force. Audience: legislators in jurisdictions with HIV criminalisation laws.
• GEC Regional Chapters (Africa) Regional chapter structure (including Africa and West/Central Africa) that coordinates legislator engagement, campaigns, and policy work at a sub-regional level. Audience: legislators in the relevant sub-regions.
• Legislator Membership Free membership programme open to serving legislators who join GEC to participate in campaigns, policy work, and convening events. Audience: serving legislators worldwide.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 changemakers gathered at inaugural Global Equality Summit in Cape Town
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• World Council of Churches (WCC)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2025GEC partnered with WCC to host a high-level roundtable with legislators and faith leaders ahead of ICASA 2025 in Accra, Ghana. The session focused on uniting political and religious stakeholders to strengthen HIV prevention and treatment efforts.
• SADC Parliamentary ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024GEC formalized a partnership agreement with SADC-PF, an autonomous institution serving 15 member parliaments representing 3,500 parliamentarians. Collaboration focuses on engaging legislators on LGBT-inclusive policies and legislative initiatives across Southern Africa.
• The Other FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2023The Southern Africa-based LGBT+ rights organization co-organized the 'African Legislators for Equality' event and serves as GEC's civil society partner for regional engagement and network development.
• Campaigns in Global HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEC is hosted by Campaigns in Global Health, a registered charity (no. 1203996) and company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (no. 13497111), which provides organizational infrastructure and support.
• Council for Global Equality (CGE)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerCGE partnered with GEC for the WorldPride 2025 delegation program in Washington D.C., working together on political engagement activities and human rights events.
• Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerPGA collaborated with GEC on the WorldPride 2025 delegation, providing a platform for international legislator engagement and advocacy coordination.
• LGBTQ+ Victory InstitutemajorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Victory Institute partnered with GEC for WorldPride programming, including the 'Power in Pride' Reception and human rights conference sessions, advancing political equality agenda.
• UNAIDSmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNAIDS collaborates with GEC on HIV response initiatives, including participation in World Health Summit meetings and the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV/AIDS.
• UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEC partnered with UNITE, UNAIDS, and STOPAIDS under the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV and AIDS to convene high-level meetings on advancing political solutions to global HIV priorities.
• StopAIDSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStopAIDS collaborates with GEC as part of the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV and AIDS for advocacy and policy coordination.
• WACI HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWACI Health serves as a partner in the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV and AIDS initiative, supporting civil society engagement in legislative advocacy.
• ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEC participates in ILGA conferences and regional meetings, including ILGA Asia Conference in Kathmandu, to engage legislators and advance LGBT+ rights advocacy.
• Kaleidoscope TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaleidoscope Trust participated as stakeholder in Bangkok dialogue, contributing to shared learning between elected officials on LGBT+ rights legislation.
• APCOMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPCOM participated as stakeholder in Bangkok dialogue on LGBT+ rights, supporting cross-strategization on regional advocacy efforts.
• Equal Asia FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEqual Asia Foundation participated as stakeholder in Bangkok dialogue, contributing expertise on Asian regional advocacy strategies.
• Global TB CaucusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEC collaborated with Global TB Caucus on convenings including the Anglophone Africa Health and Finance Committees Chairpersons Meeting in Cape Town.
• German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEC delegates met with BMZ representatives to discuss transparency, efficient use of development aid, and parliamentary advocacy strategies.
• German BundestagminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEC participated in high-level meeting at German Bundestag alongside UNITE, UNAIDS, and STOPAIDS focused on advancing political solutions to global HIV priorities.
• NedbankminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNedbank hosted the 'African Legislators for Equality' event at its headquarters, with support from their LGBTI employees forum.
• UNDPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNDP supported the GEC side event at the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, with local advocates from Barbados.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Outright International: Outright International is a global LGBT+ human rights organization working with the UN, civil society, and governments—an established peer in international LGBT+ advocacy with overlapping funder relationships.
• Global TB Caucus: Global TB Caucus is a worldwide network of parliamentarians focused on tuberculosis; it shares GEC's exact operating model (legislator-led, regional chapters, co-founded the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV/AIDS with GEC).
• Council for Global Equality: Council for Global Equality is a US-based coalition advocating for LGBT+ human rights in US foreign policy; GEC partnered with CGE on WorldPride 2025, making it a directly comparable transatlantic LGBT+ policy advocacy peer.
• LGBTQ+ Victory Institute: Victory Institute works to increase the number of openly LGBT+ elected officials worldwide and partnered with GEC on WorldPride programming—a direct peer focused on the political-legislator dimension of LGBT+ equality.
• APCOM (Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health): APCOM is an Asia-Pacific regional network working on HIV and LGBT+ rights among key populations; participated in GEC's Bangkok dialogue and overlaps on legislative engagement across the Asia-Pacific chapter.
• Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA): PGA is a non-profit network of legislators advancing human rights, democracy, and global health—an explicitly comparable model of organized parliamentarian advocacy, including co-programming with GEC on WorldPride 2025.
• UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health: UNITE is a global network of parliamentarians committed to global health, co-founder of the Global Parliamentary Platform on HIV/AIDS with GEC—an immediate co-convening peer.
• Kaleidoscope Trust: Kaleidoscope Trust is a UK-based international LGBT+ rights charity that participated in GEC's Bangkok dialogue and works on similar legislative and civil society advocacy across the Commonwealth.
• ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association): ILGA is the global federation of national LGBT+ rights organizations; GEC participates in ILGA conferences and regional meetings, making it a directly comparable international LGBT+ advocacy peer.

Regional players

• The Other Foundation: The Other Foundation is a Southern Africa-based LGBT+ rights organization that co-organized the 'African Legislators for Equality' event with GEC and serves as its civil society partner for regional engagement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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