News of ECOM
September 8, 2023
Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in Kazakhstan has reached wide distribution
In six months, the number of people taking pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) in Kazakhstan has increased by 1000%. The country is showing impressive progress in introducing the latest method...
August 24, 2023
Second Call for proposal CEECA EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUND
Текст українською мовою доступний у додатку до цієї новини. EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNDSecond Grants Competition for Initiatives in CEECA—2023 ECOM — Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity in...
August 18, 2023
Kyrgyzstan prohibits “LGBT propaganda” among children
The President of Kyrgyzstan signed amendments to the Law “on measures to prevent harm to the health of children, and to their physical, intellectual, mental, spiritual and moral development in...
July 28, 2023
Three Countries in Central Asia Report on Progress Towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
From July 10 to 19, the High-level Political Forum was held in New York, where Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan spoke about how they solve environmental, economic and social barriers. In...
July 27, 2023
EU Concerned about Human Rights Situation in Kyrgyzstan
On July 13, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan. The document notes that in recent years, democratic standards...
July 27, 2023
Transphobic Law Adopted in Russia
On July 14, 2023, the law prohibiting transgender transition was adopted unanimously by all the deputies in the third and final reading. And on July 24, it was signed by...
July 24, 2023
ECOM Hosted Academy for LGBT Youth in Tallinn
From July 9 to 16, the fifth IGLYO Activist Academy, which brings together young LGBT people aged 18 to 30 every year, took place in Tallinn. ECOM was the host...
July 14, 2023
ECOM supported 17 projects for key populations in migration in the EECA region
In the first six months of 2023, ECOM sent 293,122 euros of emergency assistance to support civil society organizations in the region. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine provoked a wave...
July 10, 2023
LGBTQI+ situation in Azerbaijan — Will we lose the chains?
“Chains have a symbolic meaning: the government put chains on our neck” — Avaz Hafizli who chained himself the fences of the Prosecutor General’s Office. The year 2022 started with...
June 30, 2023
ECOM held a training on community-led monitoring for Coalition members
On June 13-15, fourteen staff members from non-governmental organizations and initiative groups working in the field of HIV prevention among MSM and trans people in the EECA region gathered in...
