News of ECOM
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...
February 2, 2023
Do Armenian Laws Protect LGBT People's Rights?
We continue to talk about the legal framework in the countries of our region, which we evaluate every year to check the availability of laws related to SOGI and HIV....
February 1, 2023
How Do Laws in Moldova Protect LGBT People?
Every year ECOM conducts an analysis of national legislation related to SOGI and HIV in the countries of our region. We are ready to present the results of the analysis...
January 13, 2023
New Study: Associations Between Punitive Policies and HIV among Gay Men and other Men who Have Sex with Men
Associations between punitive policies and legal barriers to consensual same-sex sexual acts and HIV among gay men and other men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry,...
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 22, 2022
Results of Elections: New Faces in Steering Committee and Ethics Committee
This year, the members of ECOM’s Steering Committee completed their term of office after heading the coalition for three years. After the elections by ECOM members, we are ready to...
December 15, 2022
ECOM Stands with Ukraine: 10 Months of War and Support
The war in Ukraine, whose active phase started on February 24, continues to this day. People are dying, the economy is in crisis, and LGBT activists are trying to do...
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 7, 2022
ECOM discussed cooperation in the field of Human Rights with Armenian NGOs
On November 3 and 4, 2022, ECOM experts made a working visit to Armenia as part of the #SoS_project. Human Rights Coordinator Yuri Yoursky, Human Rights Officer Elvira Tilek and...
