News of ECOM
May 14, 2020
The Right to Health Is Your Right
ECOM has completed the regional program “Right to Health”, the first large-scale project in Eastern Europe and Central Asia aimed at improving access to the continuum of HIV services for...
May 7, 2020
EECA's first study on the HIV Services Cascade for MSM identified weakest spots
The analysis of the cascade of continuous HIV care for MSM in five countries of the EECA region is the first study in the region to collect disaggregated data on...
March 4, 2020
ECOM 2019 Regional Report: Violations of the rights of gay men and trans* people negatively affect their access to healthcare services
The third regional report on violations of the right to health contains information on cases of violations of the rights of gay men, other MSM and trans* people in 5...
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...
August 28, 2019
Equality of Trans* People in Deeds, not only in Words
Fourteen trans*activists from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, representing Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Ukraine, participated in the first face-to-face meeting of the EECA Regional Working Group of...
August 15, 2019
ECOM has submitted its alternative report to the HRCtee on Human Rights Violations Based on SOGI in Tajikistan
The United Nations Human Rights Committee is a UN body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its 172 State parties....
August 5, 2019
Public Officials in Armenia took part in training on Prevention of Stigma and Discrimination
On July 25 and July 26 training on the topic of Prevention of Stigma and Discrimination took place in Yerevan. The training was held by New Generation Humanitarian NGO based...
July 26, 2019
Hepatitis B and С among MSM in EECA region
28 July 2019 is World Hepatitis Day. 325 million people worldwide are infected with viral hepatitis B or C, and 1.4 million people die from it every year. Hepatitis has...
July 15, 2019
LIFE 9 training of activists on leadership, volunteerism and inclusion of volunteers held in Armenia
LIFE 9 training of activists on leadership, volunteerism and inclusion of volunteers in the National programme on the Response to HIV was held on March 27-29, 2019. The training was...
July 3, 2019
Officials continue to use their power to discriminate against LGBT people
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) publishes the “Regional report on violations of the right to health of gay men, other MSM, and trans people in the CEECA region...
