News of ECOM
May 25, 2026
ECOM Announces a Small Grants Competition for LGBT Organizations in Response to Shrinking Civic Space and Increased Anti-LGBT Pressure
ECOM — the Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity — with the support of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), is implementing the project “Emergency...
May 25, 2026
Between Law and Reality: Regional Report on LGBT Rights Violations in 2025
ECOM has published a new regional report, Between Law and Reality, an annual analysis of rights violations against LGBT people in seven countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia,...
April 27, 2026
ECOM Statement on the Court Decision in the Case of Zhanar Sekerbayeva
On April 23, the Astana court issued a verdict against LGBTQI activist Zhanar Sekerbayeva, finding her guilty of assault against a group of homophobic individuals who had themselves attacked her....
February 2, 2026
ECOM Holds Workshop for Physicians in Kazakhstan as Part of Injectable PrEP Study
ECOM experts conducted a training workshop for physicians and specialists in Kazakhstan as part of preparations for a study on the implementation of long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV....
December 18, 2025
ECOM Statement on the Draft Law on so-called “LGBT Propaganda” in Kazakhstan
Today, ECOM expresses deep concern and draws attention to the potentially negative consequences following the decision of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan to adopt amendments aimed at so-called...
December 15, 2025
ECOM and KSCDID are launching a new online course on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis for healthcare workers in Kazakhstan
ECOM, together with the Kazakh Scientific Center of Dermatology and Infectious Diseases (KSCDID), are launching a new online course on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for healthcare workers in the Republic...
December 12, 2025
Rights, Health, Equality: ECOM’s Advocacy Results in 2025
In 2025, ECOM, together with national partners, played a key role in advancing the visibility and protection of LGBT communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia within the United Nations...
December 10, 2025
For LGBT people, Human Rights Day Holds Special Significance
This column by the ECOM Legal Team is dedicated to Human Rights Day and is based on monitoring the human rights situation of LGBT people in Eastern Europe and Central...
December 2, 2025
Five facts about HIV among LGBT people in 2025 that cannot be ignored — especially now
Column by Nikolay Lunchenkov, LGBT Health Coordinator Sometimes it feels like the conversation about HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is moving in a spiral: we take one step...
December 1, 2025
World AIDS Day 2025: A Region That Doesn’t Give Up
On December 1, the world once again turns its attention to HIV. This year, the global theme is “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response.” It’s far from an abstract slogan...
