Overview
Abstract
This national research on violence against women is part of the Combating Gender-Based Violence in Mongolia project, which began in June 2016 and will continue until May 2020 with the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The project, overseen by a Steering Committee jointly chaired by the Ministry of Justice and UNFPA, has the overall goal of strengthening the national capacity to combat gender-based violence, particularly domestic violence, by improving GBV data collection on the extent, nature and general conditions of partner violence, promoting an effective victim protection environment and increasing public knowledge and awareness.7 This study into violence against women, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) methodology, was conducted for the first time in Mongolia as an integral part of this project. It has contributed to building a body of nationally representative GBV data and developing the capacity of the National Statistics Office (NSO) to produce these statistics in the future. This research is comprised of two components: a quantitative household survey and a qualitative study. Together they are aimed at generating evidence on the forms, prevalence, effects and causes of violence against women, including the production of relevant United Nations and Sustainable Development Goal indicators for international reporting and comparison.
Research Goal
Production of nationally representative data, statistics and evidence to guide the development and implementation of policies and programmes to combat GBV.
Objectives
-Obtain information about reliable estimates of the prevalence and incidence of different forms of violence against women (including the estimation of the United Nations VAW indicators and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators 5.2.1. and 5.2.2.) in a way that is comparable with other studies around the world using the WHO methodology;
-Assess the extent to which intimate partner violence is associated with a range of health and other outcomes;
-Identify factors that may either protect or put women at risk of partner violence; and
-Document and compare the strategies and services that women use to deal with partner violence. The study provided the opportunity to develop capacity to produce internationally comparable statistics on violence against women (VAW) in order to monitor and report on the United Nations VAW indicators and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators 5.2.1 and 5.2.2
Units of Analysis
household, only woman members
