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ADB signs its first project on domestic violence response and prevention in Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia today signed a USD3 million grant agreement to strengthen the prevention and response to domestic violence.
Minister of Finance Mr.
Khurelbaatar Chimed and ADB Country Director for Mongolia Ms. Yolanda Fernandez
Lommen signed the agreement at a ceremony in Ulaanbaatar. First Secretary Mr.
Hiromichi Miyashita from the Embassy of Japan in Mongolia witnessed the event.
Representatives from the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs also attended.
“The grant is ADB’s first
stand-alone project addressing domestic violence, which is a critical issue
with serious social and economic implications,” said Ms. Fernandez Lommen. “The
national study revealed that women aged between 25 and 49 experienced the highest
rates of domestic violence resulting in loss of work days and income in
addition to physical and psychological damage.”
The project will strengthen
the quality of and access to prevention and multi-disciplinary responses to
domestic violence. Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, it will
establish shelters in three provinces and two districts, develop institutional
capacity, and empower survivor women economically.
The project will also ensure
accessibility of people with disabilities (PWDs), who are at high risk of
gender-based violence, to protection services. It will establish PWD-accessible
shelters and train PWDs as peer educators and pilot support groups.
Behavior change communication
activities under the project will engage men and adolescent boys and girls in
project sites to increase understanding of domestic violence and to promote
positive role modeling behavior.
source: The ADB Mongolia Country Office
