continuity formothers andsinglefathers withyoungchildren. Amendments hadalso beenmadetopension legislation, enabling womenandmenwhoprovided carefor children orgrandchildren toretireearly. Students withchildren wereentitled to thesameleavebenefits asworking mothers. Thenetwork ofpre-school facilities wasbeinggreatly expanded, withsupport fromtheGovernment andotherpublic organizations, andvarious programmes werebeingimplemented toprovide more flexibility forworking mothers. 7.Stateandpublicorganizations dealing withwomen's issueswereinterested in learning abouttheexperiences ofothercountries, particularly countries whichhad alevelofdevelopment similar tothatofMongolia. 8.Inrecentyears,political activism amongwomenandwomen's organizations had beenontherise. Womenwereparticipating increasingly notonlyinthediscussion ofissuesconcerning womenandchildren butalsointhediscussion ofproblems relating torestructuring. Preparations wereunderwayfortheSixthCongress of Mongolian Women,tobeheldinJune1990. Aproposal forgranting theCommittee of Mongolian Womentherighttoinitiate legislation andmonitor compliance withlegal instruments fortheprotection ofwomenandchildren wasunderconsideration, as wasthecreation ofaStatemechanism toelaborate policies foraddressing women's problems. InDecember 1989,ontheoccasion ofthetenthanniversary ofthe adoption oftheConvention ontheElimination ofAllFormsofDiscrimination against Women, Unen,thenewspaper oftheMongolian People's Revolutionary Party andtheMongolian Government, hadpublished thefulltextoftheConvention. 9.Theequality ofmenandwomenwasenshrined intheMongolian Constitution and inthecountry's labour, civil,penalandfamilycodesandotherlegislation. A greatdealofworkwasbeingdonetoimprove existing legislation. ThenewPenal CodeineffectsinceJuly1987contained provisions prohibiting anyimpediment to women's exercise oftheirrights. Anyone whoviolated thoseprovisions was subject toprosecution andcouldbeimprisoned, finedorotherwise punished. In 1989,theGovernment hadenacted legislation whichincluded provisions proposed by women's organizations. Underonesuchprovision, theworkers' council ofevery enterprise musthenceforth involve representatives ofwomen's organizations in decision-making onlabour andsocialissues. Another provision enabled ruralwomen withfourormorechildren toinclude private farming aspartoftheirpension calculation base. 10.Therewasnospecial organization inhercountry formonitoring compliance withlegislation concerning women. Thecountry's judicial organizations ensured respect fortherightsofallcitizens. TheCommittee ofMongolian Womenandother Partyorgansalsomonitored compliance withtherelevant legislation. I••• .-------------CEDA.W/C/SR.164 English Page4 (Ms.Ider,Mongolia) 11.Mongolia didnothaveoneinstitute dedicated solelytoresearch onwom:n's issues. Several scientific andotherinstitutes conducted research onsome ~ssues concerning womenandchildren. 12.Womenandmenwereequally responsible fortheupbringing andeducation of theirchildren. 13.Therewasnoproblem ofprostitution inhercountry. pornography wasbanned underthenewPenalCodeandwaspunishable byimprisonment orafine. 14.Thusfar,therehadbeennocasesofAIDSorHIVinfection inMongolia. In 1987,anational AIDSreferral centrehadbeensetupandtheGovernment hadfunded anumberofprevention andcontrol measures, including screening andpublic education. Aprogramme ofco-operation withWHOonAIDSprevention andcontrol had beendrawnup.In1989,teaching onA.IDSprevention hadbeenintroduced into schoolcurricula. 15.Womencurrently accounted for24.9percentofdeputies totheGreatPeople's Khural and28.7percentofdeputies tolocalkhurals. Therewasawomanmemberof thePresidium andsevenwomenweredeputyministers. In1985,theCentral Committee oftheMongolian People's Revolutionary Partyhadadopted adecree onthe promotion ofwomentoleadership posts. Implementation hadbeenslowand inconsistent, however. Thepromotion ofwomentodecision-making postswas influenced byobjective factors, suchaswomen's lackofpreparation for socio-political activities andaninadequate socialinfrastructure, bysubjective factors suchastraditional prejudices against women. Underperestroika, however,
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the social and political situation of women in Mongolia in the late 1980s. It discusses various laws and policies aimed at promoting gender equality, women's rights, and their participation in society. It also touches on education, employment, and healthcare issues related to women and children.

**Category**
Education, Employment, Health, Humanitarian aid and relief