News of ECOM
October 23, 2021
Call for Abstracts. 4th Regional Consultation on HIV among MSM and Trans* People in EECA
UNITY, SUPPORT AND HEALING DURING THE TRANSFORMATION PERIOD ECOM is glad to announce that 4th Regional Consultation on HIV among MSM and trans* people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia...
July 6, 2021
Statement on Violence Against Tbilisi Pride in Georgia
On Monday, June 6, far-right demonstrators stormed an LGBTQ activists’ headquarters of Tbilisi Pride in a rampaging violent attack. Reports say that at least 20 journalists were injured during the...
June 1, 2021
When is Pride Month 2021?
Pride Month is celebrated every June as a tribute to those who were involved in the Stonewall Riots. We’re getting ready to dust off our rainbow flags, douse ourselves in...
August 27, 2020
ECOM and Equality Movement applied to UN HRCtee and claimed Georgia to ensure equal access to medical services for LGBT
In October 2020 within 130th Session UN Human Rights Committee will formulate List of Issues for Georgia to report on its recent efforts to implement International Covenant on Civil and...
February 4, 2020
“One step at a time”: Positive trends in the EECA region in the field of LGBT rights and HIV
ECOM has prepared a comparative analysis of national legislation related to LGBT rights and HIV in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and North Macedonia for the period 2017 to 2019. The...
April 12, 2019
Briefly about the main things: ECOM prepared Briefs on HIV among MSM in EECA countries
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) presents information products, which are unique for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), offering the key information on HIV among gay, bisexual and...
November 28, 2018
National specificities in the observance of the rights to health in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Macedonia
This year, ECOM published the Regional Report on Violations of the Rights to Health of Gay Men, Other MSM and Trans People in the CEECA Region in 2017, which was...
June 28, 2018
ECOM has conducted an analysis of the national legislation in five EECA countries regarding rights of the LGBT and HIV
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) presents the results of analyses unique to the EECA region concerning the national legislation in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Macedonia, which was...
May 3, 2018
ECOM: Georgia has taken important steps to protect the rights of LGBT, but HIV legislation has to be improved
Georgia has adopted the Law on elimination of all forms of discrimination that includes sexual orientation and gender identity among protected grounds, and also made corresponding amendments to other key...
March 15, 2018
The impact of MSM and trans people on HIV decisions remains low
Involvement of communities in the decision-making processes in the field of HIV prevention among key populations remains low in Central, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA). It is both because...
