News of ECOM
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...
September 5, 2022
ECOM Holds a Meeting of the Regional Working Group of Trans* People
In August, a meeting of the Regional Working Group of Trans* People was held, which was organized with the financial and technical support of the “Trans*Map in EECA” project. The...
August 18, 2022
How to Work with Chemsex Users: ECOM Presents Guide for Specialists
Chemsex is a common practice in the gay community. At the same time, peer counselors and specialists don’t always know how to work with people resorting to chemsex, how to...
August 16, 2022
UN Human Rights Committee Publishes Final Recommendations with Respect to Georgia's Fifth Periodic Report
ECOM, in partnership with Tbilisi Pride, Equality Movement and Temida, presented a report on LGBT human rights violations in Georgia at the 135th session of the UN Human Rights Committee....
August 10, 2022
ECOM presents the achievements of the “Trans*Map in EECA” project at AIDS 2022
ECOM’s Advocacy Coordinator, Daniyar Orsekov, presented the impressive results of the “Trans*Map in EECA” project at the RADIAN satellite symposium during AIDS 2022. The symposium took place on July 29...
August 3, 2022
AIDS 2022: Major Events at the Conference
International AIDS Conference AIDS 2022 was held in Montreal from July 29 to August 2. All important HIV-related studies were presented during the conference sessions. We have collected the key...
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 28, 2022
A Study Among Transgender Individuals Held in Kyrgyzstan — The First of Its Kind in Central Asia
The Republican AIDS Center of the Kyrgyz Republic published the results of a formative assessment conducted among transgender people. ECOM actively supported and was involved in the study as part...
July 27, 2022
COVID-19 and the War: ECOM Research on the impact of war on PrEP users in Ukraine
ECOM presented the results of the study titled “COVID-19, sexual behavior and intimate partner violence among PrEP users in Ukraine,” which was conducted jointly with the Alliance for Public Health...
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...
