News of ECOM
April 28, 2015
Global Fund Launches Human Rights Complaints Procedure
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/about/healthhumanrights/ GENEVA – The Global Fund partnership has launched a human rights complaints procedure as part of its commitment to protect and promote human rights in the context of fighting...
April 24, 2015
ECOM Commends Council of Europe’s Call to Protect Trans Rights
24 April 2015. Tallinn, Estonia The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) welcomes the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopting of an historic resolution on the rights...
April 10, 2015
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health Condemns Violent Attack on Kyrgyz LGBTIQ Organization
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) vociferously condemns the recent attack on the LGBTIQ organization “Labrys” in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. On the night of April 3, 2015, unknown assailants threw...
March 25, 2015
MSM and transgender people are absent from the Global Fund country dialogue in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Tallinn, Estonia. 25 March 2015. Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people (TG) are not involved in strategic discussions around HIV in most nations of Eastern Europe...
March 17, 2015
ECOM Releases Its Annual Report for 2014
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health is releasing its Annual Report for 2014 today. The report details ECOM’s activites for 2014 in main areas: development of ECOM’s network, grant-related project...
March 16, 2015
ECOM's Letter to Kazakh President Nazarbayev
The Parliament of Kazakhstan is discussing bills on the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development. Among other things, these bills contain a ban on the...
February 27, 2015
ECOM Names Vitaly Djuma Executive Director
Tallinn, Estonia. February 27,2015. The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health announced today that its Steering Committee and Board have appointed Vitaly Djuma as its new Executive Director effective March 1,...
December 1, 2014
ECOM Hosts a Successful Regional Consultation on human rights and HIV epidemic among MSM and transgenders in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
On the eve of the World AIDS Day, the Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) hosted a successful consultation on the importance of human rights in the context of the...
November 25, 2014
Open Society Foundations’ new report on Middle Income Countries and the Global Fund’s New Funding Model
The Open Society Foundations has drafted a new report on middle income Countries and the Global Fund’s New Funding Model. The report explores the way in which the Global Fund’s...
November 21, 2014
Gay and Bisexual Men in the EECA Region are Victims of Stigma and Discrimination and Vulnerable to HIV
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) is pleased to announce the release of a new Call to Action document, “Addressing the Health Needs of Men Vulnerable to HIV in...