About us
Rise & Decriminalize Movement unites 5 regional networks – ECOM, EHRA, ENPUD, EWNA & SWAN – and is tailored to commonly advocate for the rights of vulnerable populations, including LGBTQI+, people who use drugs, women living with HIV, and sex workers.
EHRA – Eurasian Harm Reduction Association – a non-for-profit public membership-based organization uniting harm reduction activists and organisations from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA) with its mission to actively unite and support communities and civil societies to ensure the rights and freedoms, health, and well-being of people who use psychoactive substances in the CEECA region.
ECOM — Eurasian Coalition for Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity — is an international non-governmental association based in Tallinn, Estonia. We are a membership association open to non-profit organizations and activists working in the field of rights and health of LGBT communities in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region.
EWNA – Eurasian Women’s Network on AIDS brings together leaders from 12 countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, and is the only and unique organization dedicated to advocating for the rights of women living with and vulnerable to HIV, developing and strengthening their capacities, and making women’s stories and voices visible and meaningful, including in decision-making processes at different levels.
SWAN – Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network is a sex worker-led regional network in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia that advocates for the human rights of female, male and transgender sex workers. SWAN was founded in 2006 and was officially registered as the SWAN Foundation in January of 2012.
ENPUD – Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs – aims to prevent more people from becoming addicted, and for those who have became ill to preserve their life, health and freedom. ENPUD community unites experts among people who use drugs and our allies – to support each other, practice NarkoFemenism and harm reduction, and advocate together for returning the rights and freedom to people who like psychoactive substances.