News of ECOM
February 23, 2024
ECOM is growing: we are strengthening our team with new experts
2024 began with the addition of new staff members to ECOM’s team. Two new team members joined ECOM in February. Nazarii Boiarskyi was chosen as ECOM’s new Programs Lead: “I...
February 22, 2024
A website for LGBT teenagers was blocked in Kazakhstan
Selftanu.kz, a website for LGBT+ teenagers that contained materials on health, relationships, and acceptance of sexual orientation and gender identity, has been blocked in Kazakhstan. News about this appeared on...
February 14, 2024
Third Call for proposal CEECA EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUND
Текст українською мовою доступний у додатку до цієї новини. EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUND Third Grants Competition for Initiatives in CEECA—2024 ECOM – Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity...
February 12, 2024
Equality Movement: Flow of People Coming to Georgia Does Not Stop — How ECOM's Partners in Georgia Respond to New Challenges Caused by Russian Invasion of Ukraine
LGBTQI community-based organization “Equality Movement” is a partner of ECOM in Georgia. It is implementing a project to reduce the negative impact of the Russian war against Ukraine on the...
February 5, 2024
Russia suspends implementation of ICD-11: a threat to healthcare and the rights of the trans community
On January 30, the government of the Russian Federation issued a decree suspending the implementation of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th Revision (ICD-11). “The contradiction...
January 18, 2024
Communities for communities: how activists from Romania are helping Ukrainians fleeing war
Sens Pozitiv, a non-governmental organization from Romania, is an example of how communities themselves, in times of serious crisis, are able to quickly respond to new challenges. The flexibility of...
January 5, 2024
How ECOM partners in Georgia are helping Ukrainians and Belarusians
The international public organization “Spring of Help”, based in Georgia, was a beneficiary of ECOM’s project to reduce the negative impact of the Russian war against Ukraine on the access...
December 14, 2023
Results of the 1st (Sub) Regional Consultation on PrEP among MSM and Trans People in Central Asia
On November 21–22, the 1st (Sub) Regional Consultation on PrEP among MSM and trans people in Central Asia was held in Almaty. This is the first consultation of this scale,...
December 11, 2023
Trans*Map in EECA: Final Meeting Held Within the Project
5 countries, 9 cities, more than 2.5 thousand trans people who received services or attended educational events, a media campaign that reached at least 5 million people, in-depth biobehavioral and...
December 10, 2023
Consolidating and Sustaining Human Rights Culture into the Future: Human Rights Day 2023
December 10, 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document that forever changed the global agenda regarding rights and freedoms. It established the...
