News of ECOM
November 21, 2025
Sex Education Academy for LGBT Youth: Five Days of Knowledge, Safety and Support
From November 10 to 14, 2025, ECOM held a Sex Education Academy for LGBT youth — an intensive training program aimed at developing inclusive approaches to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)...
November 20, 2025
Memory Compels Action: Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance worldwide — a date that commemorates those whose lives were taken by transphobia, violence and impunity. For ECOM and our member organizations across...
November 12, 2025
Kazakhstan: Reject ‘LGBT Propaganda’ Legal Proposals
Parliamentary Vote on Draft Amendments Imminent (Berlin, November 11, 2025) – Lawmakers in Kazakhstan should reject a draft law with amendments that would ban “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation,” seven...
November 11, 2025
ECOM Position: On the unacceptability of introducing a ban on so-called “LGBT Propaganda” in Kazakhstan
This statement has been prepared in response to the advancement of legislative initiatives in the Republic of Kazakhstan aimed at introducing administrative liability for so-called “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation.”...
November 7, 2025
ECOM Launches New Study on the Implementation of Injectable PrEP in Central Asia
ECOM is beginning a new, important phase of its work in the field of HIV prevention, which focuses on studying the perception and potential of lencapavir for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)...
October 20, 2025
Elections for ECOM’s Ethics Committee: 2025 Candidates
In parallel with the elections for the Steering Committee, elections are being held for ECOM’s Ethics Committee, whose current term ends on December 20, 2025. The Ethics Committee plays a...
October 20, 2025
ECOM Steering Committee Elections: 2025 Candidates
On December 20, 2025, the term of ECOM’s current Steering Committee expires. Therefore, on September 16, ECOM announced the start of the election process for a new Steering Committee. ECOM...
October 8, 2025
ECOM Expresses Opposition to the Closure of UNAIDS: This is a step backwards in the global fight against HIV
ECOM — Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity — was one of the initiators of a regional letter in support of the preservation of the Joint United...
September 25, 2025
Lenacapavir: A Revolution in HIV Prevention for $40/Year
Injectable lenacapavir, a revolutionary HIV prevention method, will be available for just US$40 per year in low- and middle-income countries starting in 2027. This became possible thanks to a new...
September 24, 2025
ECOM Supported Six Projects Aimed at Rapid Responses to Protect the Rights of LGBT communities in the EECA region
ECOM, in partnership with the APCOM Foundation, supported six organizations and initiative groups from EECA countries as part of the “LGBTIQ+ Emergency Support Fund” project. Each project received funding to...
