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...
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)...
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...
