News of ECOM
November 20, 2023
Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance for trans people killed in acts of hate-based violence. It aims to raise awareness of the challenges that transgender and gender non-conforming people...
November 16, 2023
The history of LGBT+ movement in Armenia: is there a hope for equality?
“What kind of country is Armenia for LGBT+ people? Is it safe to live there?” — I have often heard this question from the LGBT activists residing abroad, international colleagues...
November 14, 2023
ECOM Supported 11 New Projects for Key Populations in Migration in EECA Region
ECOM continues to support civil society organizations in the EECA region as part of the program on reducing the negative impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on key populations’ (KP)...
November 13, 2023
ECOM is launching a campaign to popularize PrEP in EECA
ECOM, as part of the SoS_project 2.0, is launching a campaign to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV among men who have sex with men in the region of Eastern...
November 6, 2023
Vitaly Djuma Presents WHO Recommendations for Communities in EECA Region
On October 26, Executive Director of ECOM Vitaly Djuma spoke during the webinar “Setting ambitious targets for European HIV response and reducing stigma.” The webinar was dedicated to the results...
November 1, 2023
Resolution adopted by European Parliament condemns criminalization of same-sex relations in Uzbekistan
The European Parliament has issued a resolution on Uzbekistan, condemning the criminalization of same-sex relations in the country. This is an important step towards ensuring human rights and equality for...
October 26, 2023
ECOM Presents First Results of Chemsex Study at 19th European AIDS Conference
The 19th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2023), organized by the European AIDS Clinical Society, took place from 18 to 21 October in Warsaw, Poland. Every two years, the world’s largest...
October 26, 2023
ECOM Experts Present Progress of EECA Region at ICPD30 Conference
Vitaly Djuma, Executive Director of ECOM, and Uluk Batyrgaliev, Health Officer, took part in the European regional conference #ICPD30, which was held in Geneva and was dedicated to reviewing the...
October 20, 2023
Videos on trans people “go viral” on TikTok: Second part of the “We are alike” campaign gets 5 million views
The second part of the “We are alike” campaign, which ECOM launched in mid-August of this year, finished with some amazing results: 14,000 comments, 37,000 reposts and 5 million views!...
October 17, 2023
How does Armenia plan to remove barriers to access for the LGBT community to economic, social, and cultural rights?
The Consortium of ECOM, NGNGO and NTC participated in the 74th session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in Geneva. During the session, the Committee...
