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Mongolia Compact Gender Summary Report: Best Practices And Lessons LearnedA brochure of the National Center against Violence that covers different social and gender aspects,such as gender-based violence, domestic violence and workplace sexual harassment, and TIP riskswas re-published and distributed during the trainings. Participants of the trainings have found thesessions valuable, most needed and effective. High school children have said that the training contenthelped them to know more about TIP, labor exploitation and sexual harassment.The most common responses provided by teenage girls of Airag soum secondary school during aqualitative assessment are cited below:“Girls studying at a senior grade of the high school, who were covered by MCA-Mongoliatraining, will graduate soon and go to an urban area to study at colleges or universities. Thanks tothe trainings we had through the Road project, students have now more knowledge andinformation on various types of TIP and associated risks and causes. Also girls are now educatedon basic approaches for protection of themselves. We have learned that misled women are forcedto work as prostitute or are sold across borders and are forced to become someone‟s wife. As forboys, they could become victims of forced labor. This information was important and helpful forall adolescent girls and boys. We shared our opinions openly on the importance of the informationwhich enables us to protect ourselves.”As to the 2013 construction season, the total number of workers who were not involved in the 2012learning sessions was determined, followed by trainings specifically targeting at those non-trainedworkers (for details, see the table below).Table 9. Non-trained workers who have been trained through June-July 2013Construction Total number of workforce Number of non-trained workers in TOTALcontractors (as of 30 June 2013) 2012 on TIP and sexual harassmentJiangxi 410 176 176Halla 427 320 320TOTAL 837 496 496Road safety was another area emphasized throughthe project. Publications that have been distributedinclude posters and handbooks for risk-takinggroups like primary school children aged 6-10 anddrivers who transport goods from the border areaalong Choir to Sainshand road. At the same time, asthe construction of road completes, an open-dayevent “Traffic Safety – Our Participation” wascarried out by Millennium Challenge Account -Mongolia in August 27-28, 2013 in Airag andDalanjargalan soums of Dornogobi aimag, jointlywith local traffic police offices. Purpose of the eventwas to increase knowledge and raise awareness on traffic safety of local children aged 5-12 years oldof two soums specifically where the link roads were constructed from the main road. In total 150children including especially those from the poor and vulnerable households were trained throughhalf-day learning sessions on key traffic safety rules and signs of local roads.Communities interviewed as part of this assessment have said that having a road has an advantage inthe development of the soum, in terms of improving business development, access to hospitals,groceries, and restaurants. Some negative impacts were also cited, such as potential for an increase ofvarious types of crimes such as kidnapping, TIP, etc. However, the training delivered by the projectand MCA-ESA unit provided community members with knowledge and understanding on some ofthese risks.52Page 52 of 80