‘I Choose Equality’ campaign cooperated with Tbilisi Open Air Festival  to raise awareness about the importance of equality and increase the appreciation of tolerance and diversity.

Hundreds of visitors to the festival had an opportunity to engage in various fun and educational activities organised by the campaign to learn more about diversity and equality. With the campaign support the “Equality City” was built on the campsite of the festival which hosted participants from Georgia and neighbouring countries. The activity programme developed for the festival visitors, included quizzes, competitions and discussions on equality and diversity in Georgia. Besides the equality city, various visibility actions were implemented, such as setting up an Equality Corner and recording video messages on equality and diversity with visitors and festival-goers.

Tbilisi Open Air, an annual international music festival, held in Tbilisi since 2009, is the biggest music festival in the Caucasus region. This year the festival’s central theme was equality and diversity focusing on the promotion of the importance of a diverse and equal society amongst the general public, and youth in particular.

The ‘I Choose Equality’ campaign is implemented as part of the Council of Europe co-operation project “Fighting Discrimination, Hate Crime and Hate Speech in Georgia”, conducted under the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for Georgia 2016-2019 with the support of the Danish Neighbourhood Programme in Georgia (DANEP). It aims at raising awareness of human rights and anti-discrimination policy in Georgia.

The campaign photos can be found on the #IChooseEquality Facebook page