1.
• Tserenbaljir Mandakh
/TSEENEE/
• 18 years old
• Have 1.5 year old daughter
• Undergraduate student at the
National University of Mongolia
and study History and Chinese
language
• Was one of the clients of the
“PRINCESS” center
• Joined the “Young mothers’ club”
• Elected as a Coordinator of the
club

2.
• was established in 2012 under the initiative of the Princess
center for the protection of girls and young women’s rights
• young mother-led and participatory club
• consisted of 56 teenage and young mothers based in
Ulaanbaatar city aged 15-20 years old
• aims to make an activism for protecting teenage and young
mothers’ rights by way of empowering them and developing
their leadership skills
• organizes various activities such as discussions, educational
trainings and community events fortnightly for the
empowerment of club members
• runs awareness raising campaigns and implements projects
for the protection of young mothers’ rights

3.
• 44% of total pregnant teenage girls
choose abortion
• about 56% of them give birth
Every year, approximately
8000 teenage girls aged 15-19
become pregnant in Mongolia.

4.
Becoming pregnant and
giving birth is not only
women’s CHOICE and their
RESPONSIBILITY.
Unfortunately, teenage
mothers are bringing up their
children by their own.
Where are fathers?

5.
o Some of us drop out of their secondary schools due to early
pregnancy.
o Some of us cannot continue their education due to the lack of
public child care service.
o Some of us live in vulnerable condition because of
unemployment.
o Some of us cannot receive equal reproductive health service
because of unfriendly relationship.
o Some of us become a victim of unwanted pregnancy due to
sexual abuse.
o Some of us unable to walk-out with their children because of
discrimination against them.

6.
 being a strong and powerful voice of teenage
mothers
I believe that anyone
cannot delegate us.
I believe that we can be
our own voice.
 expanding membership of the Young mothers’
club through online and offline initiatives
 ensuring active participation of members
(teenage mothers) into club daily activities
 contributing to ensure sustainability of a Club
I believe that we can be
strong and empowered
in order to fight for our
rights.
 helping teen mothers to be confident, powerful
and active in social life
 providing human rights education with the
collaboration of Princess center and other NGOs
 uniting club members for girls’ rights

7.
 will organize The First Forum of Young Mothers in the
beginning of 2014 with the collaboration of the Princess center in
order to make teenage and young mothers’ voice heard to policy
makers.
 will work for raising awareness of “Age of consent” amongst
teen population in order to prevent unwanted and early
pregnancy.
 will focus on decreasing abortion rate amongst teenage girls
and young women by way of organizing friendly trainings and
awareness raising activities based on their sexual and
reproductive rights.
 will work for creating a friendly environment for girls and teen
mothers

8.
First… to make a strong activism of teenage and young mothers at
First
the national level
Second… to become a good and successful example of Young
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mothers’ Activism at the regional level
Third… to call teenage mothers of other Asian countries to be a part
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of our activism
Fourth… to organize the Regional Forum of teenage and young
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mothers and share experiences
Fifth… to establish a network of regional teenage mothers
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