News of ECOM
November 22, 2022
Kyrgyzstan Receives Recommendations from the UN Human Rights Committee
ECOM together with the Public Association “Labrys” and the Initiative Group “Myrzaiym” submitted an alternative report to the UN Human Rights Committee to consider the report of Kyrgyzstan on the...
October 24, 2022
New Grounds of Discrimination: Russia is Going to Ban Any Representation of LGBT People
Russia is planning to toughen the punishment for the so-called “gay propaganda”. ECOM is concerned about the future work of LGBT organizations. What happened? In mid-summer, a draft law on...
October 24, 2022
To Save 20 Million Lives: The Global Fund Replenishes Resources to Fight HIV
On September 16–21, Vitaly Djuma, Executive Director of ECOM and Alternate Board Member of the Global Fund Board from the Developed Country NGO Delegation, participated in the 7th conference on...
October 24, 2022
Survival During War: How to Sustain Fight Against HIV Epidemic
In the summer, a meeting of regional networks was held in Vilnius entitled “During and after the war: rethinking the role of community networks of PLHIV and key groups and...
October 21, 2022
Homophobia at the Belarusian Red Cross: Statement by the Secretary General
On October 19, 2022, a Belarusian information portal Zerkalo published that Dmitry Shevtsov, Secretary General of the Belarusian Red Cross Society, made several homophobic statements during a program on the...
October 21, 2022
ECOM's Standpoint on the Draft Law on Mandatory Medical Examination of Persons With Suspected HIV in Uzbekistan
What happened? On August 26, 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan presented for public discussion a draft law of the Cabinet of Ministers on compulsory medical HIV examination....
September 30, 2022
ECOM Continues to Support Ukraine: Our Help 7 Months into the War
The war in Ukraine continues, so we continue to support ECOM members and partners from Ukraine, as well as all members of the community and Ukrainians who need it. What...
September 29, 2022
WPATH Releases the 8th Version of the Standards of Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People
We are pleased to announce that the new Standards of Care for transgender people have been released by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). This document will undoubtedly...
September 16, 2022
Blogger QUEERathon Brings Together Queer Youth in the EECA Region
The academic year began for young activists from the EECA region with a welcome from ECOM. The “Blogger QUEERathon” for LGBT youth from Central Asia and Eastern Europe took place...
September 7, 2022
Working Meeting Held in Yerevan with National Partners of the “Trans* Map in EECA” Project
In early August, as part of the “Trans* Map in EECA” project, which is being implemented by ECOM, a working meeting with project members was held in Yerevan. This is...
