I work for an organization which is called Center Against Violence. This was the very first organization established in Mongolia whose purpose is to fight the violence against women. When we began our work we were a little afraid and worried that nobody would come to us for help or that the alcoholic husbands of the women that we helped would come and tear us to pieces. Some people told us that it is too early in Mongolia to do what we are doing, that our project is premature, that people will not understand us, because it is not suitable to the traditional Mongolian way of life. They simply cannot imagine this, and see these matters as private family problems.
People think that violence is something that happens only during war.
Now we have worked for one and a half year already. We have provided shelter for 80 women with 70 children. We have also offered an assistance and information by phone to almost 1OOO people. We all are fully confident that the work that we are doing is absolutely necessary and very important. Not only for battered women, but for all of our society as well.