Asian ministerial conference pledges greater efforts to empower women in reducing disaster risk

Date: Wednesday, August 1, 2018

More than 50 countries have pledged to give more women leading roles in efforts to reduce the high risks they face from natural disasters in Asia. The 2018 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction , held in Mongolia’s capital on 3-6 July, made this and other key commitments by adopting the Ulaanbaatar Declaration and the Action Plan 2018-2020 of the Asia Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework...

Q&A with Forever Young Crew from Mongolia

Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017

UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific launched the UNiTE Song Contest to capture the spirit of the Secretary General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign by inviting people to submit their own music video about ending violence against women. UN Women spoke with Ms Zolboo Dashmyagmar from the Forever Crew in Mongolia about the inspiration for their song for the UNiTE Song Contest...

Mongolia COMMITS to prosecute domestic violence and provide services for survivors

Date: Friday, March 14, 2014

Mongolia announced a national commitment to consider domestic violence as a crime and hold perpetrators appropriately accountable.