1. “THE NGO ADVOCACY STRATEGY
AND EXPERIENCE STRENGTHEN
SHELTER HOUSE SERVICE IN
MONGOLIA”
M.Munkhsaruul- program manager
National Center Against Violence
Mongolia

2. Presentation content
rief history of the first shelter house, Mongolia
The advocacy effort for changing
Shelter house services Mongolia
dvocacy effort
dvocacy strategy

3. I. The brief history the
first shelter house

4. 1995:The National Center Against Violence
(NCAV) was established and set the first
shelter with 4 beds.
t the moment, there is no shelter house from
government;
CAV conducts nationwide operation through
its branches located in 16 provinces of the
country and 5 shelters.

5. NCAV operates 6 programs
emporary shelter house program
hild protection program
ocal community development program
esource center program
egal reform program

6. NCAV Main Activities
emporary sheltering service
egal counseling and assistance
hild protection service
ocial work service
otline counseling

8. II. SHELTER HOUSE
SERVICES MONGOLIA

9. Shelter house service statistic data

11. III. THE ADVOCACY EFFORT
FOR CHANGING
LEGISLATION

12. End of 1990 and social stereotype
about domestic violence
t was hard to began to work which the
communist regime propaganda “Men and
women are equal in all senses’’ has been still
existing in society since socialist regime.
here was a strong criticism that a group of
people was ‘importing’ this ‘foreign’ issue.

13. End of 1990 and social stereotype on domestic
violence in society
s domestic violence was hidden and not addressed, there
were no state policies and legal regulation regarding
domestic violence in place and no social service for victims
in place.
here was no legal system, mechanism protecting victim
and witness and no social service system for them.

14. IV. THE ADVOCACY
STRATEGY FOR
LEGISLATION

15. ur advocacy’s first step was acceptance of all
level of society that domestic violence is
prevalent in Mongolian society, demanding a
particular solution and intervention.
hen, we looked the entry point from the
government existing policies.
e aimed to expand our advocacy step by step
from a single word, sentence, or provision and
chapter to an independent legislation based
on existing state policies, and laws.

16. iloting a sample and good practice at our service.
hen, introducing practice at the mechanism of the
state service
inally policy and legal reform by reflecting the practice
in formal legislations.
hese steps were slow and painful process, most
importantly, we ensured that our advocacy steps were
consistent, determined, continues and progressive
thanks to multifaceted strategies and partnership

17. Some advocacy action and events
he survivors conference
ost card campaign
6 days activism against gender based violence
ase based lobby
edia campaign-documentary

18. POST CARD CAMPAIGN

19. POSTCARD DESIGN- END VAW

20. THE SURVIVORS CONFERENCE

21. MEN CAN STOP VIOLENCE-commercial

22. V. Achievements

25. 2011-2012
t the moment, NCAV is working to
reform the DV law which was adopted in
2004.

26. VI. Lesson learnt

27. dvocacy must be ongoing and sustainable
obbying to allocate shelter cost at state
budget
ommunity based survivors support group is
more helpful empower victims of VAW

28. GOs should ensure safety of their own staff
members in addition to the safety of clients and
even should advocate towards such a protection
ccording to NCAV emergency experience, we
developed a safety code for shelter staffs;
helter staff always needs capacity building, and
skill building support;

29. hank you for attention.