News of ECOM
February 10, 2023
Why Do Communities Need to Monitor Situation Concerning Their Lives? ECOM Shared Experience in Community-Led Monitoring in EECA
The ECOM team participated in the Regional Community Consultation on building consensus regarding approaches and priorities in community-led monitoring in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). The event was held...
February 7, 2023
ECOM Conducts Analysis of National Legislation of Uzbekistan Related to LGBT Rights and HIV
Uzbekistan, while internationally declaring its openness and accessibility to information, including on human rights, remains one of the most closed countries in the world with an authoritarian government. And although...
January 12, 2023
ECOM Conducts Needs Assessment of Members and Partners from Ukraine
Since February 24, 2022, when the Russian Federation started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the needs and demands of our members and partners, as well as the LGBT community in...
December 22, 2022
We Keep Moving Forward: Results of ECOM's Work Over 2022
2022 is coming to an end, and as usual, we want to look back on the past 12 months and sum up the results. This year hasn’t been an easy...
December 10, 2022
I Have the Right to Control my Body: Human Rights Day 2022
Every person has the right to be himself/herself/themselves. Against the backdrop of the World War II horrors, the world unanimously subscribed to these words, which were reflected in the Universal...
December 1, 2022
Time for Equality and Fight is Now! World AIDS Day 2022
Today, on International AIDS Day, together with our colleagues from the EECA region and together with the whole world, we call on everyone to join forces for the fight! Fight...
September 6, 2022
Queer Summer: ECOM Projects That Help Break Stigma
On the occasion of the International Day against Homo-, Bi- and Transphobia, we launched a call for applications from ECOM partners and members to conduct information and media campaigns. Each...
July 31, 2022
ECOM Presented Achievements of the EECA Region Regarding Online HIV Prevention at AIDS 2022
Elena German, Capacity Building Coordinator at ECOM, spoke at the webinar Safe Digital Assistance: How to Organize Effective and Safe Online HIV Services for Key Populations during the International AIDS...
July 26, 2022
ECOM Conducts the First Study in the EECA Region on the Level of Internalized Transphobia
Internalized transphobia still remains a “gray area” for research in the post-Soviet space. In 2021, ECOM conducted the first study in the EECA region on the level of internalized transphobia...
July 25, 2022
ECOM continues to inform LGBT communities about monkeypox and to fight stigma and discrimination
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an official statement that the monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern. The announcement comes after cases have spread to...
