News of ECOM
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...
May 27, 2021
ECOM Report on Rights Violations: No significant improvements in the respect of LGBT rights in EECA countries!
ECOM is pleased to present its Regional report on violations of the right to health of gay and other MSM and trans* people in the EECA region for 2020. In...
August 31, 2020
ECOM, PO “Kyrgyz Indigo” and the LGBT organization “Labrys” informed the UN HRC about the lack of antidiscrimination legislation for LGBT people in Kyrgyzstan
ECOM, PO “Kyrgyz Indigo” and the LGBT organization “Labrys” submitted a joint report to the UN Human Rights Committee on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity...
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...
December 18, 2018
The Long-Term Effect of Short-term Funding
Realizing projects that are aimed at lowering the levels of stigma and discrimination and at decreasing the number of rights violation cases in relation to gays, other MSM, and trans...
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...
June 12, 2018
ECOM presents the results of a study on the attitudes towards LGBT people among key social services in 5 CEECA countries
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) presents the results of its “Study on the Attitudes of Staff of Key Social Services of Five Countries of Central and Eastern Europe...
April 17, 2018
EСOM: It is necessary to consolidate the rights of LGBT people at the legislative level in Kyrgyzstan
Introduce amendments into the national legislation on prohibition of LGBT discrimination, improve the system of response to the cases of such discrimination from the side of law enforcement and judicial...
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...
