The document summarizes the progress made in institutionalizing temporary accommodation and care services for domestic violence victims in Mongolia from 1995 to the present. Key developments include: - NCAV established the first 4-bed shelter house in 1995. By 2002, the government contracted NCAV to provide this social service. - Passage of domestic violence legislation in 2004 formalized the government's acceptance of shelter services and confidentiality. The 2005 social welfare law established victims' right to social services including shelter houses. - Standards for shelter houses were approved in 2009, allowing the government to fund operating costs. One-stop service centers in hospitals were established in 2011 to accommodate victims for 1-3 days.

1. THE STRATEGY
ON ADVOCATING FOR
POLICY:
THE SERVICE TO
TEMPORARY
ACCOMMODATE AND CARE
02 December,2013
D.Enkhjargal
Director, National Center Against Violence, Mongolia

2. THE PROGRESS ON INSTITUTIONALIZE THE
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATING AND CARING
SERVICE

1995 : NCAV established a shelter house with 4 beds
capacity;

2002: The government of Mongolia, accepted the
legitimate need for a shelter house and contracted our
NGO for this service. The first time in history of our
country, social service was sub-contracted to our NGO.

2004: An independent law
violence was passed. Passage
legislation
marked
the
acceptance mechanism what
and confidentiality
on combating domestic
of the domestic violence
government’s
formal
is a sheltering service,

3. THE PROGRESS ON INSTITUTIONALIZING THE
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATING AND CARING
SERVICE
2005: The Law on Social Welfare legislated the right of
domestic violence victims to receive a social welfare for
the first time.
 The first time, the community-based social welfare
types and scope covered shelter house service in this
law;
 The abused victim has right to access to social welfare
services;
 2009: The Standard Shelter House was approved.
It became a fundament standard to have a service
provision contract for the sheltering cost with the
Government;


4. THE PROGRESS ON INSTITUTIONALIZE THE
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATING AND CARING
SERVICE

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
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2010: Shelter house running cost per person was calculated
and presented that State Social Welfare Department.
The cost per person was calculated;
State Social Welfare Department started financing shelter
houses based on the calculation;
The costs included safety, security and salary for shelter
staff
The amount of the calculation has been increased
annually;
2011: The hospital based One Stop Service Centers
were established.
At three different places including; Trauma Hospital,
Forensic Hospital and District level General Hospital.
The each centers are able to accommodate the survivors
from 1-3 days;

5. THE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

The lack of financial sustainability –
allocate to both state and local government
budget;

The safety and security risks service
providers- legal protection

Un sufficient shelter house – Improve
number of One Stop Service Centers at the local
places and allocate budget at the state budget.

6. THE STRATEGY ON ADVOCATING TO
POLICY
To legislate role and responsibility to improve
sufficiency and sustain finance
The draft reform of the DV law included the Government role and responsibilities;
•
To measure standard for the shelter house and monitor its implementation;
•
To set a service provision system with the non government organization for the
temporary sheltering services;
•
To provide cost for the constructing the standardized shelter house and services
from the state budget;
•
To ensure the order to provide financial support for the shelter house running
cost (running water, power and heating) as well some non-financial support
discharge from the land fee, or reduce the land fee;

7. THE STRATEGY ON ADVOCATING TO
POLICY
Improve number of One Stop Service Centers at the local places
and allocate budget at the state budget.
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•
Mongolia has a large land. It lacks access to sufficient services;
Mongolia has a small number of population. It risks to loss the
confidentiality of the shelter house location;
We see the module of the one stop service centers will be cover the
above gaps, and reduce the risks. And, we have been conducting
advocacy work to formally set up this system.
The draft reform of the DV law included the role and responsibility of
the Ministry of Health:
• To create the hospital based One Stop Service Centers at the province
and district level, and provide management, coordination as well as
allocate cost at the state budget;
• To provide required equipment, techniques as well as human resource
for sustaining the one stop service centers;

8. Thank you very much for your attention