| Author | Dorj, Bayarmaa |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no.RD-00-2 |
| Subject(s) | Women employees--Mongolia
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| Note | A research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
Master of science, School of Environmental and Resourse Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Every process of transition in the former socialist countries has aimed at the
consolidation of a free-market economy in the long term. In the short term, however, it
has important social consequences for the population as a result of budget cuts in
education, health, and other areas of social welfare.
Who is being more severely affected by these changes? Differently situated groups in the
social order as a result of class, gender, ethnicity or age tend to experience the impacts of
economic transition in different ways. In Mongolia as a result of gender ideologies
women have been more vulnerable to lay offs, losing their jobs, and as mothers and home
providers they are also very directly affected by deteriorating social welfare systems.
Thus, the crisis has affected eve1yday life more for women, who are more closely
involved with the sustenance of the family than men.
This study particular analyze how social changes has impacted gender and how the
process of transition has affected educated women's employment opportunities.
The study combines both quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data were
derived from published government statistics, NGOs surveys and research studies.
Literature review effects of the economic transition on women in Mongolia
complemented with primary data collected through an interview process with Mongolian
women present at AIT. It involves a study of personal experiences in oral histories of
women during the period of economic transition.
Study shows those educated women who living now in Mongolia face a lot of pressures.
They have limited time because they are responsible for official work, reproductive work,
and income generating activities. One of the additional new works for educated women in
market economy they take care of the poor and poorest from their relatives (parents,
brothers, and sisters). This is due to declining social welfare sector in Mongolia during
the transition. Educated women can not fully use their mental potential in their official
job or their personal life and fmihermore the country's development.
In Mongolia educated women's percentage is higher than men's. Although education
becomes a fundamental prerequisite for improving one's status, in Mongolian under the
transitional economy women's status is decreasing from what it was during the socialist
regime. While educational inputs for women increased rapidly, their resulting output is
need down by social responsibilities. Today there is inverse relationship between a
woman's level of education and enjoyment of participation in labor market. |
| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Rural Development, Gender and Resources (RD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Barbara, Earth; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kusakabe, Kyoko;Myint Myint Thein; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Japan; |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2000 |