Officials continue to use their power to discriminate against LGBT people
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) publishes the “Regional report on violations of the right to health of gay men,...
Small Grants 2019: Call for Proposals for LGBT organizations and groups from Central Asia and Southern Caucasus
Eurasian Coalition on Male Health – ECOM opens a Call for Proposals from LGBTQ community-based organizations and unregistered initiative groups for...
The Campaign “Chase Stigma, Not People!” is Launched in EECA
The stigmatizing and discriminatory social and political environment in CEECA countries leads to self-stigma among LGBT people, strengthens barriers to accessing...
UNAIDS calls on countries to remove discriminatory laws and enact laws that protect people from discrimination
Discriminatory laws drive key populations out of reach of critical health and social services GENEVA, 16 May 2019—Ahead of the International...
Activists from EECA Countries Learned How to Protect the Right to Health
Participants of an ECOM training on legal literacy and activism were able to develop their skills on using international legal mechanisms...
North Macedonian transgender sex worker presented the diversity of transgender community at the Transposyum
From March 27th till March 31st 2019, a transgender sex worker from STAR-STAR (North Macedonia) participated at the Transposyum and Transgender’s...
Join in Survey to choose important topic for 3rd Regional Consultation
The Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) started preparations for the 3rd Regional Consultation on HIV among MSM and Trans People...
ActivEast team discussed regional and national media campaigns for gay and other MSM and trans people
Activists from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine and Moldova discussed the design of regional and national media campaigns to...
UN Human Rights Committee Makes Important SOGI-Related Observations to Estonia
The United Nations Human Rights Committee is a UN body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on...
Trans People Needs: Break the Wall of Invisibility!
ECOM is presenting the first review of epidemiological data on HIV epidemic among trans people. As our desk research showed, the...
Community leaders learned to promote MSMIT international manual
On Friday, March 22, Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM) — with the support of UNFPA regional office — finished the first...
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reviewed Estonia and Kazakhstan
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is the body of 18 independent experts that monitors implementation of the...
WHO Respond: HIV self-testing: key questions, answers and messages for community organizations
World Health Organization (WHO) has published an informational material about community-based self-testing. Self-testing enables people to test themselves for HIV conveniently...
The new Antidiscrimination Law which explicitly includes SOGI as discriminatory ground finally adopted in North Macedonia
The parliament of North Macedonia adopted on Monday the law on the prevention and protection against discrimination after long debates between...
SOGI-related highlights at Human Rights Committee review on Estonia
On 4-5 March the Republic of Estonia is under review of UN Human Rights Committee for the 4th time. Here is...
100 CSOs from Republic of North Macedonia raised their voice for urgent adoption of new general Law against discrimination
Yesterday, on 28.02.2019, 100 CSOs and 7 networks from Republic of North Macedonia held a press release in front of the...
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Rights Sensitization Training 2019
Since 2017 ECOM implements the Regional Program “Right to Health”. The goal of the program is to contribute to an increased uptake...
The Response to HIV Epidemic among MSM and Trans People in the EECA Region is to Be Strengthened
After an eight-year break, the 2nd Regional Consultation on HIV among MSM and Trans People in Eastern Europe and Central Asia...