Mongolia”s presentation at the recent meeting of the UN
Economic and Social Council Annual Ministerial Review — which this year featured
a record 13 countries making voluntary presentations on actions to mainstream a
gender perspective into all sectors and achieve international targets relating
to gender equality and women”s empowerment — flagged the key lesson learned —
promoting women”s rights required integrated actions, strong cooperation and
broad consultation among all branches of Government, as well as civil society
and international development partners. Several speakers highlighted the links
between gender inequality and poverty, and further, between poverty and
violence against women and urged incorporation of a gender perspective in
initiatives aimed at realizing the Millennium Goals. The Mongolian delegation
was led by T.Gandhi, Minister for Social Welfare and Labor.