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,...
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...
February 14, 2024
Third Call for proposal CEECA EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUND
Текст українською мовою доступний у додатку до цієї новини. EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUND Third Grants Competition for Initiatives in CEECA—2024 ECOM – Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity...
November 16, 2023
The history of LGBT+ movement in Armenia: is there a hope for equality?
“What kind of country is Armenia for LGBT+ people? Is it safe to live there?” — I have often heard this question from the LGBT activists residing abroad, international colleagues...
November 13, 2023
ECOM is launching a campaign to popularize PrEP in EECA
ECOM, as part of the SoS_project 2.0, is launching a campaign to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV among men who have sex with men in the region of Eastern...
October 17, 2023
How does Armenia plan to remove barriers to access for the LGBT community to economic, social, and cultural rights?
The Consortium of ECOM, NGNGO and NTC participated in the 74th session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in Geneva. During the session, the Committee...
August 24, 2023
Second Call for proposal CEECA EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUND
Текст українською мовою доступний у додатку до цієї новини. EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNDSecond Grants Competition for Initiatives in CEECA—2023 ECOM — Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity in...
June 29, 2023
Report on Violations of LGBT People's Rights in Armenia in 2022
ECOM annually conducts an analysis of violations of LGBT people’s rights in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Based on this analysis, we draw up a report with...
June 22, 2023
ECOM met with partner organizations from Armenia
ECOM experts held a meeting with Armenian public organizations implementing Global Fund projects for MSM (men who have sex with men). The meeting, held as part of the #SoS_project 2.0...
