Ulaanbaatar
Hogan Lovells hosts training for women leaders on Executive Presence
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Hogan Lovells Office in Ulaanbaatar organized a workshop training for Mongolian women on Executive Presence and Effective Presenting, aimed at empowering women and promoting their leadership on March 24 at the Mongolian Fine Art Gallery.
More than 40 women received the half-day training, mentored by Sally Dellow, director of Dramatic Difference. Sally Dellow has been working as a personal career coach for the past 25 years. She is a professional actor and conducts her training using participatory methods. She was invited by Hogan Lovells in Ulaanbaatar from her home in Hong Kong only to give this workshop.
When asked about her impression about Mongolian women, Sally said “Mongolia compares very favorable to many western countries, which, I think, is wonderful. Hearing Madam Oyunchimeg (a Mongolian Human Rights Commissioner)’s speech, it is interesting that, nowadays, Mongolian women are more educated than the men”.
“My impression of Mongolian women is extremely good. Just this morning, I met a group of lawyers, most of whom are women. They were engaged and asking good questions, so willing to come in and absorb what anybody’s bringing. My impression is just really positive”, she said.
“Mongolian women have always worked even in traditional lifestyle, and women’s works were acknowledged as important as men’s works. In Mongolian lifestyle, as I have read, men and women have this sense of joint responsibility. In my opinion, that is what makes Mongolian women more empowered”.
Unfortunately, Mongolian women still have to face the challenges that women face in many other countries, especially when transitioning from socialist structure to capitalist structure, such as having to step out of the workplace to have children, which makes women appear slower than their male counterparts, and being paid less for similar works, said Ms. Dellow.
“It is the glass [as invisible] ceiling that women hit before they reach up to the leadership”, she told the Mongol Messenger.
Hogan Lovells is an internationally renowned law firm, which has more than 40 office operating worldwide and the first international law firm to open its representative office in Mongolia. Hogan Lovells has been providing legal consulting services to the Mongolian Government, the national and international businesses, as well as the financial instutitions.
In the margin of its Citizenship Corporal Social Responsibility Program, Hogan Lovells in Mongolia has been giving out free legal consulting to those in need, realizing environmental protection works and organizing charity events. The empowering training for Mongolian women was organized by Hogan Lovells for four consecutive years, thus far. The law firm pursues a policy, directing that each Hogan Lovells employee must dedicate no less than 25 hours to volunteering.
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