Mission: The Mongolian Women's Fund (MONES) works to help Mongolian women and Mongolian society. MONES believes that contributing to the advancement and progress of women will have a lasting and positive effect on the whole of society. MONES is the first national fund, mobilizing resources and providing financial and organizational support to women at the grassroots level. MONES contributes to the development of a humane, democratic and civil society with women participating at all levels including the political, economic, social and cultural spheres.

The Mongolian Women's Fund supports women and promotes philanthropy because they believe that...

--Women are strong and powerful

--Women can succeed

--Women can change society

--With the equal participation of women, society will develop sustainably

--Justice and transparency are essential

--Everybody can help others by being a donor or a volunteer

Location: Ulaanbaator, Mongolia

Website: www.mones.org.mn/main_en.php

Channel Grant: Channel made a grant to support the ongoing campaign of the Mongolian Women’s Fund to raise awareness about sexual harassment in the workplace and to advocate for legislation to outlaw it. They focus on the urgent need to create legal provisions to protect victims and witnesses, to enhance the relevant legal framework, and to improve the collaboration of organizations for human rights defenders. (2009)

Channel made a grant to support the Mongolian Women's Fund's work with a coalition of fifteen women's groups on a campaign about Mongolia's first law against sexual harassment (through the fiscal sponsorship of the Global Fund for Women). (2007)

Impact: The campaign has already achieved much: a provision on sexual harassment in the workplace was included in the Criminal Code and the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace was included in a draft Gender Equality law. In addition, MONES trained 420 trainers from nine provinces and gained three new coalition members. Most importantly, MONES engaged in a massive public awareness raising and education campaign that included billboards, brochures, TV interviews, radio programs, and newspaper articles.

 

All photos courtesy of the Mongolian Women's Fund.