News of ECOM
July 26, 2024
ECOM at AIDS 2024: Key Points
ECOM – The Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity (ECOM) took part in the 25th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024), held in Munich from July 22 to...
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...
May 23, 2024
ECOM Signs International Memorandum of Cooperation
ECOM signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation with the School of Social Sciences and Technology of the Technical University of Munich and the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for...
May 17, 2024
No one will be left behind: ECOM celebrates IDAHOBIT 2024
Today, on May 17, we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). The 2024 theme for this day is “No One Left Behind: Equality, Freedom and Justice...
April 12, 2024
ECOM expert takes part in Global Youth Dialogue
Uluk Batyrgaliev, Health Officer at ECOM, took part in the International Global Youth Dialogue with the theme: “A new generation’s vision for the future”, which was held as part of...
March 27, 2024
First Meeting of Regional Decriminalization Movement "Rise & Decriminalize" Takes Place
On March 12–13, 2024, the first meeting of the movement for decriminalization “Rise & Decriminalize” was held. In 2023, five regional networks: ECOM — Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender...
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...
December 14, 2023
Results of the 1st (Sub) Regional Consultation on PrEP among MSM and Trans People in Central Asia
On November 21–22, the 1st (Sub) Regional Consultation on PrEP among MSM and trans people in Central Asia was held in Almaty. This is the first consultation of this scale,...
December 10, 2023
Consolidating and Sustaining Human Rights Culture into the Future: Human Rights Day 2023
December 10, 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document that forever changed the global agenda regarding rights and freedoms. It established the...
December 1, 2023
Decision of the Supreme Court of Russia violates fundamental human rights, including the rights of LGBT people
ECOM’s position paper regarding the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to recognize the LGBT movement as “extremist” and to prohibit its activities in the country. On...
