Rusudan Gotsiridze

Rusudan Gotsiridze ( born 8 February 1975) is a bishop of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia.  She is a political activist for women's rights. In 2014, Gotsiridze received the International Women of Courage Award.

Gotsiridze was the first female Baptist bishop in Georgia. She supports a policy of women's equality. Gotsiridze has spoken out against the use of physical force to harm women. She started a series of discussions between religious groups in order to prevent disagreements and to help minority religions. She was also one of the first members of the religious community in Georgia to publicly support the rights of the LGBT community. Gotsiridze spoke at the sixth United Nations Forum on Minority Issues about religious minorities in Georgia.

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 Cup of Tea Theology: Bishop Rusudan Gotsiridze's talk at TEDxTbilisi
 Bishop Gotsiridze's Twitter account
 2015 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
 Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Category:1975 births
Category:Living people
Category:Feminists
Category:Christian clergy from Georgia (country)
Category:Baptist ministers
Category:Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Category:Bishops