Mongolia has the highest levels of gender equality in East Asia. In global rankings, the vast and sparsely populated country sits in the 52nd place. The United States ranks 43 out of 188 surveyed countries, even though Mongolia is 15 times poorer than the United States.

Mongolian women are healthier and wealthier than ever. Yet, pressing issues like widespread domestic violence, the gender pay gap and lack of political participation linger. Like in many countries in the world, domestic violence has loose definitions and comes with a tricky law enforcement process in Mongolia.

They decided to create a series of comic books to communicate these issues to what lawyer B.Zolzoya describes as the “average Mongolian woman who might not even know what feminism means.” The comic book about domestic violence opens with Ms. Curiosity and Ms. Solution watching television while a presenter breaks the news about the draft law proposing to criminalize domestic violence.

Their first issue was related to women’s political participation — or lack thereof — tied to the upcoming elections. After sessions of brainstorming, three main characters for the comic book emerged: Ms. Candidate, Ms. Curiosity and Ms. Solution

B.Zolzoya started her own nonprofit, Women for Change Mongolia, with three other women lawyers.