​November 2016 News
 
Dear WIM Mongolia members & followers,
 
In October 2016, WIM Mongolia held two consultative meetings at the Cooperative Vocational Training in the Mineral Resources Sector (CVT) project, which is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and jointly financed by the governments of Germany, Switzerland and Australia. The project aims at supporting Mongolian youth and adults to improve their employability in the mineral resource sector. Among others, the project encourages girls and women to get vocational training in mining-related fields through providing scholarships and organizing Girls’ Days. 
 
The first meeting involved the presentation of the WIMM’s 2015-2016 survey of the women participation in the extractive industry of Mongolia with the project management team. Among them the project gender focal point Ms.Oyunsanaa stressed the importance of various interventions of sector specific projects in Mongolia, especially in cross cutting topics such as mining, gender and inclusive education. The second meeting was held with the regional experts from the partnering vocational training schools from 11 provinces of Mongolia. Discussants shared opinions on the findings of the survey, ways to jointly improve the situation of girl’s enrollment in the mining vocational training and in WIMM’s mentorship program.
 
The German Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Mongolian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection have been jointly implementing this project since 2013, which started the second project phase in 2016.

Dear WIM Mongolia members,

As we wrap up 2015, it is a great time to reflect on what WiMM has accomplished over the past 12 months.

Last year was a year of growth for our association. We continued fruitfully by connecting with both old and new friends and by partnering with organizations in Mongolia and around the globe. Through WiMM’s collaborations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Canada as well as with Canada Mongolia Chamber of Commerce, we succeeded in nominating three Mongolian mid-level professional women to participate in the intergovernmental forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development organized by the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute. We reached out to four mining schools in Mongolia to organize the guest speakers series and to collaborate in joint research projects as well as the SwissAid Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project which connected women to artisanal miners.

The World Bank noted in its 2013 paper that there exists a scarcity of research and data on women’s participation in the mining sector of Mongolia. Understanding that better data and research on the roles of Mongolian women contributing to the mining sector should facilitate the government’s mining and gender policies, in March through to August 2015, WiMM carried out a survey on the role of women in the country’s extractive industry covering 8,400 people from the mining labour force. The preliminary research data show many exciting facts, interesting findings and conclusions. For example, the share of women in the mining industry’s workforce is more than 30 percent which is well above similar numbers in many other predominantly mining economies, and the share of women working at a top, decision-making level is 17 percent which is above the world average for that matter. In the coming months, WiMM is planning to hold a roundtable to introduce and discuss the findings of this research and to seek funding for the publication and distribution of these results.

​Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season, and prosperous 2016!

Ms. Tumenbayar Nyamaa
Chairwoman, WIM Mongolia

Dear WIM Mongolia Members & Followers:

The 2nd Annual Breakfast meeting was held during Discover Mongolia 2014 on September 5th at Rosewood Coffee House in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

The agenda of the meeting was to announce the official registration of WIMM and introduce members of its first Board of Directors.

First 7 Board of Directors and Executive Team:

1. Ms. Tumenbayar Nyamaa, Chairwoman
2. Mrs. Bolor Sambuu, Vice-Chair
3. Mrs. Tugsjargal Tumen, Executive Director
4. Ms. Bulgan Altangerel, Director
5. Ms. Isabel Cane, Director
6. Mrs. Bolor Erdene, Director
7. Mrs. Otgonchimeg Dunkhersuren, Director

Moreover, a new initiative, piloted this past summer, a Mentorship Program, was introduced to our newly established board as well as to our Advisory Council and to future mentors. The advisory council was represented by Dr. Graeme Hancock, President and Chief Representative of Anglo American.

This event was by invite only and we had the opportunity to invite a few future members as well as mentors such as Mr. Enkh-Amgalan Myagmar, Head of Legal Department at ETT, Mr. Tsenguun Tsogt, CHPP Project Manager at ETT, Ms. Oyundelger Purev, Execute Finance Director at MoEnCo, Ms. Munkhtuya N., Project coordinator at OT. 

Our Mentorship Programming Committee consists of Ms. Bulgan Altangerel, Mrs. Bolor Erdene., Ms. Hulan Zalaa-Uul, Mrs. Bolor Sambuu and Mrs. Otgonchimeg Dunkhersuren.  They introduced the Mentorship Program process and its business plan to the Board.  During the event, Dr. Graeme recommended potential mentors. Both the Board and the Advisory council supported this newly initiated program and showed great interest in assisting WIMM to attract sponsorship.

This event wouldn't be possible without help of WIMM first mentees which included Ms. Sondor Dorj, Ms. Hulan Zalaa-Uul and Ms. Enke Gendendorj. We selected these mentees inter alia on the basis of their interest in taking part of the growing community of Mongolian women in mining. They are representing sectors such as commercial law, environmental consulting, and international development.

In addition, WIMM collaborates with other student organizations such as Glueckauf.mn. Mr. Margad Togtokhbayar, who is a founding member of this organization, reached out WIMM in the interest of  60% female students members. We are developing a strategic plan to partner with this newly established non-profit organization run by Mongolians studying mining in Germany.

We are energized by the newly established Board and please stay tuned for more news!

We appreciate the representatives from the most influential companies in the Mongolian mining sector for interest and participation:

Anglo American, Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi JSC, Mongolyn Alt (MAK) LLC, Genie Oil & Gas, Oyu Tolgoi/Rio Tinto, YMC,  MoEnCo, & Cover Mongolia! 

Kindly,

Ms. Tumenbayar Nyamaa
Chairwoman, WIM Mongolia
Diversity & Inclusion
www.wimmongolia.org

WIM Mongolia team is celebrating a Mongolian milestone – the recently approved Green Development Strategy by Mongolia’s Parliament, with special thanks to H.E. Mrs. S. Oyun, Minister of Environment and Green Development of Mongolia!

We would also like to congratulate Mrs. S.Oyun, an Honorary Advisor to WIMM, for her election as the first President of the United Nations Environment Assembly on June 24th, 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya.

This proves that Mongolian women have equal and  globally competitive female leaders in their selected fields.

Please check out the official press release by the United Nations Environment Programme:
http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2791&ArticleID=10908&l=en

Once again, congratulations to Her Excellency Oyun! We are proud of you and happy to have a Mongolian global female leader to follow and look up to!

WIM Mongolia team

Amar baina uu?

As many of you know, Mongolia is celebrating lunisolar calendar based New Year on January 31st, 2014. Many of us are busy with preparations of buuz (Mongolian dumplings) and trying to close out some of unfinished matters. Every household is busy with cleaning and planning for a great Year of the Horse!!! “Tsagaan Sar” is the first day of the spring month and “Bituun” is the Mongolian New Year’s Eve, a holiday that is very much like Christmas Eve when Mongolians spend time with their closest friends and family.

For newcomers to Mongolia, on November 28th 2013, Parliament made amendments to the law on public holidays which now allow celebrations of Tsagaan Sar nationwide over three consecutive days. Thus, this year all Mongolia-Russia & Mongolia-China border checkpoints are closed for three days starting from January 31st to February 2nd of 2014.  

Stay tuned in February!!! We’ll unveil our Board of Directors, 10 Committee Chairs and lastly six international branches.

Happy Tsagaan Sar!!!

Since the Discover Mongolia 2013 inaugural breakfast meeting, WIM Mongolia has been expanding with over 200 LinkedIn group members, 100 twitter followers as well as growing our presence on our Facebook page. 

We would like to welcome a new member to our Advisory Council, Prof. Bolor Naranhuu, Professor of Economics at Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. 

During the last couple of months, we’ve been partnering with leading Mongolian and Canadian companies such as TemugeLaw LLC, YMC LLC, MDJ Capital Inc., and Cover Mongolia. 

Furthermore, WIMM is working on the process of registration in 2014. We are developing the Board of Directors and the CEO’s executive team. 

We are passionately following Mongolia and related news. Please find them at www.wimmongolia.org under “News”. You’ll find our updated organizational news as well as Mongolian-voiced news from selected sources. 

We would like to thank everyone for their support, collaboration and cooperation. We wish you Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas & all the best for a Happy New Year in 2014! 

An inaugural breakfast meeting of WIM Mongolia was held during Discover Mongolia 2013 on September 6th at Rosewood Kitchen & Enoteca, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

I would like to thank Bulgan Altangerel for organizing and choosing a great spot for our first meeting.

I’m inspired and grateful for the commitment by the women that participated in our initial discussion of WIMM’s Vision, Mission, & Values. Further, we exchanged our knowledge and experiences in this new developing industry.

Special thanks to:
Bulgan Altangerel, Partner at YMC LLC
Temuulen Johnson, Global Health Research Program Manager at University of Michigan
Nomindari Goulden, Founder, WomensTaxi.Org
Bolor Erdene, Senior Advisor at Oyu Tolgoi LLC 
Isabel Cane, Research Manager, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Institute at the University of Queensland.

On my end, it is very vital to work on the funding plan of the organization. I expressed my views on creating an Impact Investment Fund to sustain and implement WIMM’s purpose.