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Foreign Minister G.
Zandanshatar and Mrs. Kiran Bhatia, Asia-Pacific Regional Advisor for Gender
and Socio-Cultural Research at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),
discussed the status of gender equality in Mongolia when they held a meeting
yesterday.
Zandanshatar and Mrs. Kiran Bhatia, Asia-Pacific Regional Advisor for Gender
and Socio-Cultural Research at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),
discussed the status of gender equality in Mongolia when they held a meeting
yesterday.
The Minister expressed his
confidence that sufficient progress would me made before the 2015 deadline on
achieving a few of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on which work has
been slow, such as reducing poverty,
ensuring gender equality and
environmental stability. Mrs. Bhatia agreed with the Minister’s hope that the
laws on gender equality and on election will result in increased women”s
participation in political life.
