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Mongolia Compact Gender Summary Report: Best Practices And Lessons LearnedGraduate Follow-Up Survey 2 . A fair amount of this appears to be due to the chosenprofessions and courses of study, as boys choose better paying sectors such as mining andconstruction.Students have been found to be at particular risk for TIP in Mongolia. Therefore, it wasrecommended to carry out TIP related training and awareness-raising among TVET careercounselors and social workers.Additional issues arising during the May 2012 Review and as part of the MCC/MCA ProjectMonitoring Process:‣ It is challenging for a single Focal Point to know the status of and be able to support genderintegration across a sizeable PIU such as TVET.‣ There is a need to follow up on the quality and impact of measures such as including sessionson gender/trafficking prevention in Career Guidance training.‣ Public Relations activities within the TVET PIU provide key opportunities to promote TVETnot only as an attractive option for students in general, but to engage specifically with thegendered notion that certain sectors or courses are more appropriate for males or for femalesthrough television and other media outlets. This important area will require further workingon during the last year of the Compact and to ensure its sustainability beyond Compact life.‣ There is a need to ensure that the 2013 Public Perception Survey is not gender-blind in thesame way the 2010 one was, and that the gender analysis done as part of the 2013 Survey isbrought to the attention of the public and of TVET project successors.‣ There is scope to explore the possibility within the Twinning activity of sharing best practiceand any practical tools for integrating gender into TVET.‣ Awareness raising and advertising on non-traditional career paths for girls have been helpfulbut more concrete action is needed to ensure girls entering non-traditional careers and helpclosing the salary gaps.5.3 Key accomplishments in integrating gender‣ The 12,609 students participating in MCC-Mongolia supported education activities comprised8097 males and 4512 females.‣ Average graduation salaries for males/females:o Based on the recommendations made in the 2011 GIP, MCA-ESA and the PIU organizedgender sessions during the career counselors training for all social workers of VET schools(over 60 schools) and local social welfare officers. This was done in collaboration with theGender Equality Centre (a local NGO) as part of the training on Career Counseling andincluded issues of labor exploitation, sexual exploitation and TIP. Publications weredistributed to participants on these topics. The training was much appreciated by theparticipants and it introduced previously unfamiliar topics to them.‣ Individual interviews with TVET students revealed that the inclusion of training content onhuman trafficking and labor exploitation in the Career counseling training was appreciated andwas useful for them to avoid labor exploitation and human trafficking.2 Some caution may be warranted on these figures, as the survey included just 10 schools. The total number ofrespondents that participated in the survey is 248, including 113 males and 135 females. All respondentsincluded in this survey are being re-surveyed for the Wave 2 data collection.18Page 18 of 80