Stories
Leading by example: Stories of local women representatives in Mongolia steering projects for community empowerment
The ‘Strengthening Representative Bodies in Mongolia’ (SRBM) project implemented by the Secretariat of the State Great Khural (Parliament), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the…
Эмэгтэйчүүдийн жендерийн хандлагыг өөрчлөх бус эрэгтэйчүүдийн жендерийн тухай хандлагыг өөрчлөх хэрэгтэй
“Миний ертөнцийг үзэх үзлийг хүү маань өөрчилсөн. Хүүхдээ ялгаварлан гадуурхагдаж байгааг эх хүний хувьд харах маш хэцүү. Хөгжлийн бэрхшээлтэй хүүхэдтэй эцэг, эхчүүд бүгд энэ замыг туулдаг байх.…
“We need to change men's non-gendered attitudes, not women's gender role attitudes.”
This is the story of Sh.Munkhtseren, a mother of four and a hard-working civil servant, who struggles with discrimination from society for raising her child with disabilities. Many other parents in…
Digitalization of social services eases the workload of social workers and allows them to interact more closely with their communities
How much do we know about the roles and responsibilities of social workers present at every administrative unit of Mongolia? Especially during this COVID-19 pandemic period, social workers are…
Campaigning for human rights protection and ethical behavior among public servants
More than 200,000 public servants in Mongolia and 60% are working at the frontlines, performing different roles like social workers, police, doctors, and teachers. Therefore, frontline workers play…
THE LEGACY OF THE DARKHADS - The development of a Biocultural Community Protocol helped to raise awareness amongst community members of their valuable local biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge.
The Darkhad Depression in northern Mongolia is a beautiful remote area where high-altitude alpine mountains surround a depression that bears freshwater rivers, small lakes, and meadows. The land…
Mongolia’s critically endangered musk deer returns home
“I don’t know when I will return home this time and I will also be unreachable via phone as I will be working in the mountains.” This is just one of the examples of quick interactions Galdanjamts…
