Rusudan Gotsiridze

Rusudan Gotsiridze

Michelle Obama, Rusudan Gotsiridze and Heather Higginbottom
Born Rusudan Gotsiridze
(1975-02-08) 8 February 1975
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

Rusudan Gotsiridze (Georgian: რუსუდან გოცირიძე; born 8 February 1975, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union) is a bishop of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia and a women's rights activist.[1] She was the first female Baptist bishop in Georgia.[2] She has advocated against gender violence and for women's equality, and created interfaith dialogues to support religious minorities.[3] She was also one of the first members of the religious community in Georgia to publicly support the rights of the LGBT community.[3] She also spoke at the 6th United Nations Forum on Minority Issues about religious minorities in Georgia.[4]

She received a 2014 International Women of Courage award.[1]

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