News of ECOM
April 7, 2020
UN Human Rights Committee urged Uzbekistan again to Repeal article 120 of the Criminal Code, which criminalizes homosexuality
On 2nd April 2020, the Human Rights Committee issued its concluding observations to Uzbekistan, which was reviewed by the Сommittee for the fifth time. ECOM has submitted its shadow report...
April 7, 2020
Survey: How the epidemic of COVID-19 affects the work of community organizations providing HIV services for MSM & Trans* People
Dear friends and colleagues, The quarantine and other restrictions related to the epidemic of COVID-19 harmfully affected the work of many organizations and initiative groups providing MSM and trans* people...
March 27, 2020
Supporting PrEP in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
ECOM recently published a report on access to PrEP in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. AIDSMAP spoke to ECOM’s Community Health Systems Coordinator, Gennady Roshchupkin, about our work in...
March 18, 2020
PrEP in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: first lessons to learn
ECOM presents report “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: first lessons to learn”. The given report presents cases of introducing the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV in...
March 17, 2020
Moldova urged by UN CEDAW to include trans* women in national HIV programs
In February 2020 the Republic of Moldova was under it’s sixth periodic review by Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). For the session, ECOM in partnership with...
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 29, 2020
New tool for engagement with UN Treaty Bodies on SOGI and HIV
ECOM presents a unique to the region training manual for EECA civil society activists on engagement with UN treaty bodies on the issues of SOGI and HIV. The advocacy response...
February 12, 2020
We need to talk about chemsex!
Gay people, sex and drugs are a taboo in Russia. Despite the fact that those topics are usually not discussed, chemsex is gaining pace in the society. Maksim Malyshev, Social...
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...
January 20, 2020
PrEP for all key communities: ECDC develops European PrEP operational guidelines
For consideration of the ECOM members and partners from the following countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania. ECDC is currently in the process of developing operational guidance on: 1) ...
