News of ECOM
December 1, 2018
ECOM: The 30-year fight against HIV has not seen results in the CEECA region
The insufficiency of prevention programs, funding, and support from countries has led to an increase of HIV-positive MSM, higher syphilis prevalence, the failure of the cascade of access to the...
November 28, 2018
National specificities in the observance of the rights to health in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Macedonia
This year, ECOM published the Regional Report on Violations of the Rights to Health of Gay Men, Other MSM and Trans People in the CEECA Region in 2017, which was...
November 26, 2018
European Testing Week 2018
Now in its 6th year since the launch in 2013 and the 4th year since hepatitis testing has been included, European Testing Week will take place on 23–30 November 2018....
November 16, 2018
Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia issues historic opinion regarding recognition of same sex partnership
On 29 October 2018, the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia issued an opinion calling the Ministry of Justice and the Saeima (parliament) of the Republic of...
November 16, 2018
325 murders of trans and gender nonconfirming people have been documented around the world in 2017
Every year, on November 20, we pay tribute to the lives of trans and gender-nonconfirming people whose murders became known within the year. In 2017, 325 murders of trans and...
November 9, 2018
MSMIT Tool Introduced in the Framework of “Right to Health” program
On November 6, 2018 within the framework of the “Right to Health” program funded by the Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM), implemented by “New Generation” Humanitarian NGO, a training...
November 2, 2018
UN Human Rights Committee in its concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Belarus made two recommendations on Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.
UN Human Rights Committee in its concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Belarus made two recommendations on Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. Recommendation...
October 9, 2018
NGOs presented their position on the situation of LGBT rights in Belarus to the Human Rights Committee
The 124th session of the UN Human Rights Committee is taking place from October 8-9, 2018 in Geneva, at which the government and a coalition of human rights organizations will...
October 3, 2018
Sona Orbelian Has Become the New Member of ECOM’s Secretariat
ECOM Secretariat is glad to announce that, from October 2018, Sona Orbelian has joined our team as the new Technical Support and Sub-recipients Coordinator. Since 2006, Sona has been engaging...
October 1, 2018
ECOM meets with the UN Independent Expert on SOGI in Tbilisi
The UN Independent Expert on the protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, is conducting an official visit to Georgia from 25 September...
