A general view of the Plenary Hall at the Beijing International Convention Centre (BICC), during the address by Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton of the United States on 5 September 1995. The appearance by Mrs. Clinton was presented as a special event during the Fourth World Conference on Women, meeting from 4 to 15 September 1995. Credit: UN/DPI 051331/Zhang Yan Hui.

Contributed, in part, by Munksaruul Jargal, Mongolia National VAW Monitor

In 1996, the Mongolian government adopted the National Programme for the Advancement of Women. According to the Gender and Development Programme of the Asia Pacific Development Centre, the Programme lists ten areas of priority for women in Mongolia, including economic development, poverty, advancement of rural women, health, education, family, decision-making, violence, national machinery and media. In January 1999, an eleventh area was adopted on women and the environment. The primary goals are designed to be achieved in three stages from 1996 to 2020. The first stage (1996-2000) focuses on information gathering, poverty, education and health. The second stage (2001-2010) emphasizes women in economic development and decision-making positions. The third stage (2011-2020) focuses on creating conditions for economic stability and equal participation of men and women in various sectors. The U.N. Development Programme Gender Briefing Kit provides further details of the government bodies involved in implementation on pages 37-38.

Mongolia has submitted a response to the first questionnaire on implementation by the U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women. To prepare for a "Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly" during its forty-ninth session, the U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women sent another questionnaire (PDF, 18 pages) to all governments requesting information on accomplishments and obstacles to implementing the Beijing Platform for Action. Responses were due by 30 April 2004. 

The Working Committee on National Action Plan for Implementation of the Law Against Domestic Violence was established in the spring of 2005 and started to develop an action plan. In the framework of developing the National Action Plan, the working group visited the Republic of Korea on a study tour from August 13-20, 2005.

The study tour participants studied methdology and experience in combating domestic violence and established contacts with relevant Korean state and non-state organizations. The study tour was funded by UNIFEM, UNICEF and Save the Children in Mongolia.