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One-stop service center for survivors of violence launches in Uvurkhangai province
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The one-stop service center (OSSC) was launched for
survivors of violence with funding of MNT 80 million from the provincial
budget. With the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
(SDC), furniture and equipment worth over MNT 100 million have been installed
at the center within the framework of the "Combating
gender-based violence in Mongolia" (CGBV) project jointly implemented by
the Government of Mongolia and the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Deputy Governor of
Uvurkhangai province O.Batjargal said, “Although a comfortable shelter that meets
standards and requirements is being put into operation, our goal is to reduce
the number of people receiving its services. To do this, we must promote the
negative impact of domestic violence, conduct a study on regular victims of
abuse, and find the reasons that are causing it.”
At the opening
ceremony, UNFPA Head of Office in Mongolia, Kaori Ishikawa said, “A
step-by-step system that solves the issues of domestic violence is crucial.
Despite being caused by various factors, gender inequality has been found to be
the root cause of domestic violence. Although it takes a long period of time to
solve this issue, we have successfully created a mechanism that reaches out to
survivors of violence in the past 4 years.”
OSSCs provide survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), especially domestic
violence, with services to help them escape and heal from violent situations.
Aside from accommodations, OSSC also provides health, psychological, legal,
counselling and protection services.
It is the 9th OSSC
for survivors of violence established in Mongolia under the CGBV project.
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