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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
Mongolia Compact Gender Summary Report: Best Practices And Lessons Learned10.4 Best Practices and Lessons Learned:‣ Social and gender issues are not generally given much consideration in road or infrastructureprojects in Mongolia, and as such, this project managed to introduce a number of good practices.This included the development and implementation of TIP risk management plans, education forsoum communities on gender-based violence, the labor provisions on sexual harassment, as wellas the work to educate communities on risks. At the national and Ministerial level, genderintegration in infrastructure tends to be less prioritized. In such cases, donors have an opportunityto influence this through concrete requirements and expectations for social and genderperformance and benefits.‣ Even when good provisions are introduced into a road project, such as those on TIP and sexualharassment, frequent monitoring and follow-up by dedicated staff is needed to ensure actualimplementation of provisions. Currently both contractors have environmental and socialspecialists on board, but their environmental duties tend to take up the majority of the time. It istherefore advisable to appoint separate social specialists in such projects to ensure implementationof social provisions and positive community engagement practices.‣ Constant follow-up and awareness-raising is necessary to ensure contractors and their workforcereally understands the meaning of new provisions, such as those on TIP. Even though they mayhave received some training on this, the understanding of the practical application to their work isnot always assured, nor is enforcement of any regulations, unless continued follow up is provided.‣ As MCC and MCA-Mongolia committed to funding a project designed previously by anotherdonor, in light of timing and budget limitations, there was limited opportunity for SGA tointroduce key issues as part of design consideration, leading to missed opportunities to ensureroad design is gender responsive. This includes issues such as the provision of toilets at regularintervals at rest stops, possible small community economic development projects that could bealigned with the rest stops, or safety design considerations.‣ All learning sessions on social, gender and occupational health and safety aspects were carriedout in collaboration with local NGOs such as the National Center against Violence, “HumanRights and Development Center,” and the Mongolian National Employers‟ Federation. Thisprovided a good opportunity for knowledge and experience sharing with civil society that hasextensive expertise in the field.‣ A practice of awareness-raising among local communities, including especially risk-taking groupslike adolescent girls, in addition to the construction workforce on topics like TIP and genderbasedviolence was proven to be very helpful as a way of sensitizing and risk mitigation.Page 53 of 8053
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