Ulaanbaatar 2013

Mongolia Compact Gender Summary Report: Best Practices And Lessons LearnedFigure 10.1. Sex-disaggregateddata on Mongolian workersFemale (9%)21Male (91%)Figure 10.2. Total Workersdisaggregated by sexFemale Male13%226Lot 2,Jiangxi87%Lot 1,HallaMCA-Mongolia sent an initial letter to both contractors encouraging them to increase femaleemployment and suggesting a number of strategies to reach a higher percentage of females in theworkplace. Following a team visit, both contractors informally agreed to set a target of femaleemployment of 15% of the total.To help encourage women to apply for construction jobs, MCA-Mongolia developed postersadvertising job opportunities specifically for women in construction, which were posted in publicplaces such as banks and beauty salons to encourage women to apply for available positions.The aforementioned target though could not be reached in the 2013 season, but resulted in an averagepercentage of 10% of females employed for both Halla and Jiangxi. The low female employment rateis related partly due to the technical qualification requirements for road construction jobs.Totalfemale10%Figure 10. 3. Workforce disaggregatedby sex(2013)Totalmale90%Strategies to increase female employment in construction given to contractors Halla and Jiangxi1. Developing a list of job vacancies where women might work. It should be noted during preparationof the list that the stereotypes of women (e.g., women cannot do such job or such kind of job is notsupposed to be woman‟s job etc.) should not be factored in. The idea is to promote non-traditionaland non-stereotypical jobs for women. The list might be useful in attracting more women throughdifferent targeted approaches as suggested below.2. Ensuring effective awareness and improving outreach approaches:2.1. Target group #1 – Female residents of aimags and soums along the road alignment.Possible ways of raising awareness and reaching out the target groups are: broadcasting ofvacancy notices through local TV and radio channels; posting the notices in public places likesoum Governor‟s administrative offices, banks, post offices and flea markets; posting ordelivery of notices to the service provision centers where more women tend to either work orvisit as a client, such as hair-dresser and beauty salon, among others. Furthermore, the notice canbe shared with the vocational schools in Sumber soum, Gobisumber aimag and Sainshand soum,Dornogobi aimag. A close coordination should be also made with social workers of soums alongthe road alignment. The contractor should consider the social spaces and local organizationsPage 49 of 8049