News of ECOM
September 12, 2016
LGBTIQ Community of Kyrgyzstan: Experts on Rights, Health, and Anti-Discrimination
By Kristina Mahnicheva Labrys and Tais Plus, two community organizations, are working in partnership with the Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) and the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) to...
September 1, 2016
Maxim Kasianczuk Appointed as ECOM’s Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health is pleased to announce that Maxim Kasianczuk was appointed as Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator. “Maxim has extensive academic experience and has established himself as...
August 31, 2016
ECOM Becomes a Member of ILGA
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health’s (ECOM) proposal to join the biggest international LGBTI association, ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association), has been reviewed and approved. “ECOM’s...
August 8, 2016
LGBT/MSM Community-based HIV Testing to Be Carried out in 16 Cities of Russia
Gay, bisexual men, and transgander people now have an opportunity to undergo HIV testing in community-based organizations in 16 cities of Russia. We discussed this news with Evgeny Pisemsky, who...
August 4, 2016
Annual Report: ECOM's Advocacy Efforts
In addition to ECOM’s involvement in advocacy activities with the Global Fund, representatives of ECOM have attended a number of conference and meetings during 2015 devoted to different issues related...
August 1, 2016
The UN Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS 2016: Opportunities to Advocate for the Rights of MSM and Transgender People in the EECA Region
Following the 2016 High-Level Meeting on AIDS, held in New York City from June 8-10, United Nations member states adopted a Political Declaration that sets ambitious goals to accelerate HIV...
July 27, 2016
Annual Report: ECOM's Regional Concept Note to the Global Fund
In response to the challenge of the disproportionately low access to HIV services of men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans* people in Central and Eastern Europe and...
July 25, 2016
Gennady Roshchupkin Speaks at AIDS 2016 Conference Closing Ceremony
Gennady Roshchupkin, ECOM’s Technical Support Coordinator, was invited to make remarks during the closing ceremony of The International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) on July 22, 2016. We are pleased to...
July 1, 2016
ECOM Participated in the Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
he Eurasian Coalition on Male Health’s (ECOM) Program & Advocacy Officer, Marcus Oda, attended the 38th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB), which took place from 28-30 June,...
June 29, 2016
628 NGOs from 151 Countries Call for a SOGI Independent Expert at the UN
Highlighting the grave human rights violations experienced by people the world-over on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, 628 organisations from 151 countries today called on the UN...