News of ECOM
October 6, 2023
ECOM at Fast-Track Cities 2023: global partnership in action
The fourth annual Fast-Track Cities 2023 conference was held in Amsterdam on September 25-27, organized by the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) in collaboration with the Joint...
September 29, 2023
Combating HIV Epidemic: Vitaly Djuma Shared ECOM's Experience with WHO and ECDC
ECOM’s Executive Director Vitaly Djuma took part in a series of meetings between WHO and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) from 11 to 15 September. During...
September 8, 2023
ECOM Joins Youth4Health Network
Today we are pleased to announce an important milestone regarding youth participation in health and human rights. ECOM has officially become part of the Youth4Health network, a network of youth...
August 18, 2023
Kyrgyzstan prohibits “LGBT propaganda” among children
The President of Kyrgyzstan signed amendments to the Law “on measures to prevent harm to the health of children, and to their physical, intellectual, mental, spiritual and moral development in...
July 28, 2023
Three Countries in Central Asia Report on Progress Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
From July 10 to 19, the High-level Political Forum was held in New York, where Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan spoke about how they solve environmental, economic and social barriers. In...
July 27, 2023
Transphobic Law Adopted in Russia
On July 14, 2023, the law prohibiting transgender transition was adopted unanimously by all the deputies in the third and final reading. And on July 24, it was signed by...
July 10, 2023
LGBTQI+ situation in Azerbaijan — Will we lose the chains?
“Chains have a symbolic meaning: the government put chains on our neck” — Avaz Hafizli who chained himself the fences of the Prosecutor General’s Office. The year 2022 started with...
June 30, 2023
ECOM held a training on community-led monitoring for Coalition members
On June 13-15, fourteen staff members from non-governmental organizations and initiative groups working in the field of HIV prevention among MSM and trans people in the EECA region gathered 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 28, 2023
ECOM experts presented successful cases of community-led monitoring of services
On June 20, a webinar on the principles of and approaches to community-led monitoring of services (CLM) was held. The webinar brought together representatives of regional networks and communities of...
