We are happy to announce that the following toolkits, developed by Kaleidoscope Trust in collaboration with the invited experts under the FCDO-funded Fighting the Reversing Tide project, are now available for the organisations and partners we work with.The first one...

The Commonwealth Policy Tracker. Using its interactive functions, you will be able to explore several key indicators linked to equality and sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and track relevant policy developments across Commonwealth member...

COVID-19 is having drastic effects across the world – and a disproportionate impact on marginalised communities. We spoke to members of The Commonwealth Equality Network to gain insight into the ways in which the crisis is impacting their work, their lives and their...

The combined efforts of civil society from around the Commonwealth have produced a new declaration on governance for resilience to be submitted to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta. The Malta declaration contains substantive...

Commonwealth Equality Network member and chair of the Pacific Sexual Diversity Network discusses LGBTI rights in the Commonwealth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJbU-Iw_j3M

British Development Minister Baroness Verma reflects on chairing the historic first LGBTI session at the Commonwealth People's Forum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihYfqOYb9uw

Members of the Commonwealth Equality Network reflect on what resilience means to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y3Hg9PRUUQ

The Kaleidoscope Trust publishes its second Speaking Out report in advance of the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta.  Speaking Out 2015 is a compilation of contributions from activists, human rights organisations and researchers which intends...

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative report, “Civil Society and the Commonwealth: Reaching for Partnership, investigates the gap between civil society and the Institutions of the Commonwealth. The report warns that the Commonwealth risks lapsing into...

What is needed is a respected Commonwealth citizen of strength, experience and manifest integrity and judgment, with only one term in office, to restore the reputation of the Commonwealth of Nations as a values based organisation. If this is not done, the...

This report brings together the first phase of research carried out by the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Kaleidoscope Trust which maps LGBT rights in the Commonwealth as well as views expressed by a broad range of Commonwealth diplomats in an ongoing series...

LGBTI Human Rights in the Commonwealth conference was held on Nelson Mandela Day, 18 July 2014 in the Sir Charles Wilson Building at the University of Glasgow. The event was organised by the Equality Network, Glasgow Human Rights...

This briefing note summarises a wide range of high-level statements anddeclarations from international and regional bodies condemning criminalisation ofhomosexuality. These statements complement and punctuate the findings by courts and tribunals around the world of...

This article by Dr Paula Gerber examines the modern Commonwealth of Nations, including an analysis of the Charter which governs it, and the laws in many of the Commonwealth countries that still criminalise consensual same-sex sexual conduct. This is followed by an...

Published by the Kaleidoscope Trust,  Speaking Out  reports on the rights violations faced by LGBTI people in the Commonwealth. Compiled in conjunction with the biggest ever coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex organisations from across...