I. Country Performance Assessment C. Assessment of Socio-Environmental Performance 1. Gender Issues 18.
Female enrollment is higher than males at most levels, including university education.
The introduction of the tuition fee system in higher education has not resulted in gender imbalance in enrollment. Labor retrenchment has not impacted more adversely on women than on men. However, in education and health, where approximately 70 percent of staff are women, implementation of civil service reform, including a staff rationalization plan, should be handled in a way which minimizes, to the extent possible, adverse social consequences. Women are also increasingly being affected by alcohol-related violence during the transition to a market economy. Mongolia has a history of substantial gender equality due to its nomadic lifestyle and former socialist tradition.