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Mongolia Compact Gender Summary Report: Best Practices And Lessons Learnedfindings, when it comes to the selection of group leaders required of our project, it was commonamong both male and female herders to believe that men are stronger than women, mentally aswell physically, and further, have more capacity to improve livelihoods than women. These beliefsinfluenced them greatly when selecting the group leaders. For example, male leaders were selectedbecause of the assumption that when it comes to travelling, whether it is storming, snowing, far orclose, males are more mobile as they are used to driving cars and riding motorbikes and horses.Men are head of household, may be political leaders, and in herders‟ opinion their mental capacityis stronger. This response is given by both men and women and expresses their general belief that aposition of group leader is, in terms of sex, more suitable for men and is therefore a men‟s job.‣ Given the male-specific challenges in NCD prevention efforts and the differential risk takingbehavior among men, the Health Project supported workplace trainings in male-dominantworkplaces such as construction and mining sectors. It also enabled the access to medical servicesfor disabled people in UB city to the NCD screening campaign, benefitting over 10,000 persons, outof which over 900 were given transportation to family clinics.‣ Today women in Mongolia are making substantial contributions to the economy. At the same time,gender gaps and disparities still remain in the economic and social spheres. The gaps areparticularly pronounced when it comes to female leadership. Even though Mongolian women makeup 45.7% of the labor force by 2010 and the percentage of female graduates was 20.3%, femalegraduates make up only 2.1% percent of national leaders in government and are a small share ofsenior managers of companies (Labor Force Survey, 2010). And yet, women are taking an activerole in development, and stories of their inspiring accomplishments abound across MCA-Mongolia‟s projects. To celebrate the accomplishments of Mongolian women, Mongolia has beeneager to emphasize and reinforce its commitment to gender integration. MCA-Mongolia thereforelaunched a campaign “Women’s leadership in the economy” in March 2013, which runs through theend of the Compact and is designed to inspire and motivate women, especially young women, toachieve success and fulfill their leadership potential.10MCA is running this campaign to share with the public at large the stories of these inspiring womenwho have succeeded through MCA-funded activities. But the intent is also to encourage women topursue leadership roles, and for young girls to enter non-traditional careers, because Mongolianwomen are still under-represented as leaders in business or government, despite their strongparticipation in the labor force. They are also less likely to choose careers such as construction ormining, where job growth prospects are better and pay is higher in Mongolia. The campaign isdesigned to:Page 10 of 80
Mongolia Compact Gender Summary Report: Best Practices And Lessons Learnedinspire and motivate women, especially young women, towards achieving success in theirprofession and to fulfill their leadership potential.emphasize women‟s leadership in the economic sector, as most current initiatives focussolely on the political sector, by showcasing the benefits female participants have receivedthrough their collaboration in MCA-Mongolia projects.promote the newly adopted Gender Equality law of Mongolia by supporting women‟seconomic leadership.increase the visibility of MCA-Mongolia‟s gender integration efforts and activities, whileenhancing its reputation among the general public during its final year of the Compactagreement.The women‟s leadership campaign showcases exemplary work demonstrated by six female rolemodels - one for each Compact activity. For each funded project, one woman was chosen who hasdemonstrated exemplary leadership, in particular in fields and jobs that Mongolian women are lesslikely to work in. Among those female leaders, there are women who have reached success in tradeswhere the major portion of the workforce has been traditionally male. These include roadconstruction, engineering and being a leader of a herder group. The superior leadership skills ofseveral female role models resulted in positive behavioral changes through anti-smoking campaigns,or support for projects addressing youth unemployment.In June 2013 MCA-Mongolia launched a promotional brochure and notebook that contains thesuccess stories of MCA-Mongolia‟s six female leaders. To spur on and inspire thinking about genderequality among the Mongolian public, and to provide an outlet for interested participants to expresstheir thoughts on gender equality, an essay and photography contest was held on the topic “Genderequality through my eyes” in collaboration with the Mongolian National Committee on GenderEquality. To share the campaign outcome, MCA-Mongolia held a public event in Ulaanbaatar, thecapital city on June 20, 2013 with the presence of stakeholders and civil society representatives.‣ Baseline and midline surveys done by M&E have well integrated a focus on gender, allowing forlearning of lessons on these issues across projects.‣ The Property Rights Project led to an increase in women registering land in their own name, as aresult of awareness-raising on the importance of doing so. Another step forward is that data on landregistration is going to be sex-disaggregated through the electronic property registration system.‣ The EEP project beneficiaries have noted, and initial data from EEP surveys have confirmed, thatthe energy efficient products resulted in time saving for women as the stoves need much lessrefueling and result in savings on fuel. Female-headed households were strongly representedamong the beneficiaries of the subsidy for the stove.Public Communications -- Collaboration with Communications unit, MCA-Mongolia:‣ MCA-Mongolia homepage updates includes a section on social and gender issues – “Gender andDevelopment”: “Policy and Legal Framework” & “Projects addressing Gender Concerns”‣ Publications in local daily newspapers and MCA-Mongolia Quarterly Newsletters highlightinghow MCA-Mongolia is integrating gender into its Compact‣ MCA Mongolia‟s quarterly newsletter “For a Better Future” regularly features social and genderupdates and accomplishments. The Mongolian version is widely distributed to stakeholders.‣ Multiple blogs featuring Mongolia‟s gender work were posted on the MCC website followingMCA-Mongolia winning the Country Commitment Award for its gender work, to allowinformation sharing and learning of lessons among other MCAs.Page 11 of 8011
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