Who we are

The Equality Collective is a community-embedded legal and advocacy organisation based in the Mbhashe Municipality in the rural Eastern Cape—one of South Africa's remotest and poorest areas

Our mission

We use law, organising, and evidence to help communities claim rights, build collective power and strengthen ethical, accountable, and responsive governance.

We are working with communities, partners, and movements to achieve 1) improved access to socio-economic rights; 2) ethical, accountable and responsive government and 3) a more informed, engaged and active citizenry.

We do this through three interconnected practices:

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Community Lawyering

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Organising

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Data, Research and Learning