Promotion of Gender Equality in Public Decision-Making and the Empowerment of Women & Youth in Mongolia, Phase II
Source: UNDP
Background
Mongolia has made important progress in strengthening gender equality and inclusive governance, including through recent reforms to the Parliamentary Election Law and the Law on Political Parties. The 2024 parliamentary elections saw women’s representation rise to 25.4 percent. However, women and youth remain underrepresented in decision-making, particularly in local governance and political party leadership.
At the sub-national level, the gender quota for local election candidates has remained at 20 percent since 2012, with limited enforcement mechanisms. Youth political participation also remains low, despite young people making up a significant share of the population and registered voters. Structural barriers, limited access to resources, weak institutional mechanisms, gender stereotypes, and male-dominated political party cultures continue to constrain the meaningful participation and leadership of women and youth.
Building on the achievements and lessons learned from the first phase of the KOICA-funded project, this second phase will support legal, institutional, and socio-cultural reforms to advance equal participation and representation in public decision-making. The project will work nationally and sub-nationally, in partnership with the Secretariat of the State Great Khural, government institutions, political parties, civil society organizations, media, universities, and other stakeholders.
Background
Mongolia has made important progress in strengthening gender equality and inclusive governance, including through recent reforms to the Parliamentary Election Law and the Law on Political Parties. The 2024 parliamentary elections saw women’s representation rise to 25.4 percent. However, women and youth remain underrepresented in decision-making, particularly in local governance and political party leadership.
At the sub-national level, the gender quota for local election candidates has remained at 20 percent since 2012, with limited enforcement mechanisms. Youth political participation also remains low, despite young people making up a significant share of the population and registered voters. Structural barriers, limited access to resources, weak institutional mechanisms, gender stereotypes, and male-dominated political party cultures continue to constrain the meaningful participation and leadership of women and youth.
Building on the achievements and lessons learned from the first phase of the KOICA-funded project, this second phase will support legal, institutional, and socio-cultural reforms to advance equal participation and representation in public decision-making. The project will work nationally and sub-nationally, in partnership with the Secretariat of the State Great Khural, government institutions, political parties, civil society organizations, media, universities, and other stakeholders.