Combating Gender-Based Violence in Mongolia

-    High prevalence of Gender-based Violence (GBV), and especially Domestic Violence (DV), widespread in all segments of the society both in rural and urban areas;

-    National GBV survey of 2017 (1^st phase of this project): 57.9% women experienced intimate partner abuse at least once in their lifetime. The survey provided recommendations where to intervene to prevent GBV and how to protect victims; 

-    Two key legislations addressing gender issues passed in the last decade, promoting gender equality and criminalising domestic violence;

-    Parliamentary and local elections in June and October 2020, and related governmental staff changes: need to ensure sustainability of project by sensitizing and training new duty bearers, as well as to institutionalize and consolidate, mainly at local level, interventions of the 1^st phase;

-    Corona Virus (COVID 19) crisis: reported DV increased during the first quarter 2020 by 18.7%.

-    For the whole project at national and local levels: GBV survivors, individuals at risk of GBV, perpetrators of GBV, and policy and decision-makers. With this 2^nd phase, men and boys also specifically targeted and engaged to contribute to GBV prevention; 

-    For the community-based initiatives’ part of the project: same target group, but in 5 (out of 21) provinces and 1 district of the capital city Ulaanbaatar to be selected, based on their high GBV prevalence revealed by the GBV study done in phase 1.

1.    Government response mechanisms on GBV/DV are institutionalized and sustained including regular and improved data collection and analysis; and strengthened survivor protection and rehabilitation mechanisms; 

2.    Selected parts of the population, including men and boys, are engaged at the community level to be made aware of and behave according to gender equitable social norms.

Resultados previstos:  

-    GBV/DV survey, data collection, analysis and dissemination mechanisms are institutionalized; 

-    GBV survivor protection and rehabilitation mechanisms are strengthened; 

-    Comprehensive GBV/DV communication, education and behaviour change model at the community level is piloted in focus areas; 

-    The capacity of soum/khoroo-level government administration and CSOs on GBV/DV is strengthened;

-    Voluntary perpetrator rehabilitation model is implemented.

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

-    First national GBV Survey in 2017 revealing the prevalence of GBV in the country, as well as forms, causes, risk factors, and effects of GBV;

-    eGBV integrated database system developed at the National Police Authority to regularly collect data on GBV/DV cases from police stations in all 21 provinces and 9 districts of Mongolia, as well as from One Stop Service Centres (OSSCs) and shelters for survivors of GBV; 

-    31 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) developed and approved to help line ministries/agencies to operationalize the Law to Combat Domestic Violence (LCDV) in their areas of competencies; 

-    National-level Coordination Council on Crime Prevention (CCCP), headed by the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs, as well as 30 sub-national CCCPs at provincial and district levels established; 

-    Multidisciplinary teams established at the primary administrative units and members trained; 

-    9 new OSSCs established, while 6 existing OSSCs received technical support.

·       ADB Gender Project

·       SDC Projects in Mongolia:
        -    Education for Sustainable Development

        -    Understanding and Managing Internal Migration

        -    Governance and Decentralisation Programme

        -    Mainstreaming Social Accountability

Fase 2 01.08.2020 - 31.07.2023   (Completed)