Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia’s reports on CEDAW reviewed
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The 8th and 9th periodic reports of Mongolia have been reviewed on realization of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This happened at a meeting of the 63rd committee of the CEDAW on this February 19 in Geneva of Switzerland.
Mongolia was represented at the meeting by G.Narangerel, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Population Development and Social Welfare; officials from Ministries of Justice, of Health and Sport, of Labor, and of the National Committee of Gender.
Within the discussion of the reports, they highlighted Mongolian government's policy and actions for promoting women’s role and their participation in political and social-economic life, for upgrading the legal landscape of women’s employment, education and health, and for resolving urgent problems.
Members of the Convention committee applauded works done in Mongolia for renovating/refining the legal landscape for protecting women’s rights, and asked Mongolia to keep efforts to implement all laws and resolutions on women’s rights, to improve women’s status, and to maintain recommendations issued by the Convention committee.
