Mongolia Hosts UNDP Conference on Women's Political Participation

Representatives from 11 Asian countries met here Tuesday to draft strategies aimed at increasing women's participation in politics.

The regional conference, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Mongolian government's National Committee on Gender Equality, discussed reforms to current electoral and political party systems to boost the number of women members.

On behalf of Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold, Minister of Social Welfare and Labor Togsjargal Gandi told the conference: "While we live in one continent, we are at different levels of development and so is our progress toward gender equality goals."

According to a UNDP report, the Asia-Pacific region ranks second from bottom in terms of women's political participation globally, with women holding an averaged 18.2 percent of legislative seats.

Present at the conference were about 80 delegates from China, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Timor-Leste, as well as UNDP officials and experts.

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