News of ECOM
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...
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...
May 12, 2025
ECOM Supported 12 Projects for Key Populations in Migration in EECA Region
ECOM — Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity (ECOM) in partnership with the organizations Aidsfonds (Netherlands) and the ICF Alliance for Public Health (Ukraine) continues to implement...
February 4, 2025
QUEERathon Graduates Implement Projects for LGBT Community in EECA Countries
From October 28 to November 3, 2024, the Activist QUEERathon: Decrim Editions took place — a unique online school organized by ECOM for aspiring activists from Eastern Europe and Central...
July 16, 2024
ECOM Calls for Rejection of Illegal Petition “Against LGBT Propaganda”
In June, the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan started considering the petition “We are against open and concealed LGBT propaganda in Kazakhstan!”, initiated by the head of the...
February 22, 2024
A website for LGBT teenagers was blocked in Kazakhstan
Selftanu.kz, a website for LGBT+ teenagers that contained materials on health, relationships, and acceptance of sexual orientation and gender identity, has been blocked in Kazakhstan. News about this appeared on...
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...
