{"id":7476,"date":"2021-03-06T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T22:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/?p=7476"},"modified":"2021-03-07T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T19:15:34","slug":"oyun-erdene-gender-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2021\/oyun-erdene-gender-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage Over PM&#8217;s Suggestion to Draft Young Women into Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Marissa J. Smith<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ddef8g r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%86%D0%BE%D1%809?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-focusable=\"true\">#\u043e\u0433\u0446\u043e\u0440 <\/a>hashtag is back (<span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cancelPM?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-focusable=\"true\">#cancelPM<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-1ddef8g r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%86%D0%BE%D1%809?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-focusable=\"true\">#\u043e\u0433\u0446\u043e\u04409<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D1%86%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%95%D0%A1?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u041e\u0433\u0446\u043e\u0440EC<\/a>) after PM Oyun-Erdene made comments about drafting young women, who were characterized as getting married and having children at a young age rather than working, as <a href=\"https:\/\/gender.gov.mn\/news-detail\/441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he chaired the National Committee on Gender meeting<\/a> on Friday, March 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2021\/01\/with-new-pm-a-new-generation-taking-charge-in-mongolia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">much fanfare around Oyun-Erdene&#8217;s youth<\/a>, to this analyst these comments harken back to the 1980s, when countries throughout the Eastern Bloc sought to power through economic stagnation by severely disciplining youth.<\/p>\n<p>Mongolian women have much higher graduation rates than do men, yet have lower rates of formal employment, earn less, and hold many fewer higher level positions. More often working in the informal sector, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adb.org\/publications\/msmes-informal-sector-mongolia-covid-19-impacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as detailed in a December 2020 ADB report<\/a> women have in some ways been even more impacted than men by COVID19-related hits to the Mongolian and global economies.<\/p>\n<p>The following clip began circulating on twitter on Friday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ru\">\u042d\u043c\u044d\u0433\u0442\u044d\u0439\u0447\u04af\u04af\u0434 \u0430\u0436\u0438\u043b \u0445\u0438\u0439\u0445\u0433\u04af\u0439, \u044d\u0440\u0442 \u0433\u044d\u0440\u043b\u044d\u044d\u0434 \u0431\u0430\u0439\u0432\u0430\u043b \u0446\u044d\u0440\u044d\u0433\u0442 \u044f\u0432\u0443\u0443\u043b\u0430\u0445 \u0448\u0430\u0430\u0440\u0434\u043b\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0439 \u0431\u0430\u0439\u0436 \u043c\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0433\u04af\u0439 \u0433\u044d\u0436 \u0445\u044d\u043b\u0441\u044d\u043d \u0415\u0421-\u044b\u043d \u04af\u0433.<\/p>\n<p>\u0416\u0435\u043d\u0434\u044d\u0440\u0438\u0439\u043d \u04af\u043d\u0434\u044d\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043e\u043d\u044b \u0445\u0443\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0434\u0430\u0430\u043d \u0431\u04af\u0440\u044d\u043d \u044d\u0445\u044d\u044d\u0440: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YkApBmBViF\">https:\/\/t.co\/YkApBmBViF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KKBqXPHIr6\">pic.twitter.com\/KKBqXPHIr6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0411\u043e\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0411\u0430\u0434\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044b\u043d \u041c\u04e8\u041d\u0425\u0414\u04e8\u041b (@MBBontoi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBBontoi\/status\/1368076267627585537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former multiple-term-MP and potential presidential candidate Ts. Oyungerel responded to the comments on twitter, arguing that young women work very hard raising young children, and that a draft might &#8220;send the wrong message,&#8221; as if Mongolia were &#8220;preparing for war&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ru\">\u0410\u041d\u0423 \u0446\u044d\u0440\u044d\u0433 \u0445\u04af\u0439\u0441 \u0437\u0430\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0433\u0433\u04af\u0439, \u0430\u043b\u0431\u0430\u0434\u043b\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0433\u04af\u0439, \u0441\u0430\u0439\u043d \u0434\u0443\u0440\u044b\u043d\u0445 \u0431\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0430\u0433. \u0446\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0439. \u0437\u04e9\u0432\u0445\u04e9\u043d \u0434\u0430\u0439\u043d\u044b \u04af\u0435\u0434 \u0430\u043b\u0431\u0430\u043d \u0442\u0430\u0442\u043b\u0430\u0433\u0430 \u0445\u0438\u0439\u0434\u044d\u0433. \u043c\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0439\u0445 \u0430\u043b\u0431\u0430\u0434\u0430\u043d \u0446\u044d\u0440\u044d\u0433\u0442 \u0442\u0430\u0442\u0434\u0430\u0433. \u044f\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0439. \u0445\u044d\u0440\u044d\u0432 \u0430\u043b\u0431\u0430\u0434\u043b\u0430\u0433\u044b\u043d \u0430\u0440\u043c\u0438 \u0440\u0443\u0443\u0433\u0430\u0430 \u044d\u043c\u044d\u0433\u0442\u044d\u0439\u0447\u04af\u04af\u0434\u044d\u044d \u0442\u0430\u0442\u0432\u0430\u043b \u0434\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0434 \u0431\u044d\u043b\u0442\u0433\u044d\u0436 \u0431\u0433\u0430\u0430 \u043c\u044d\u0442 \u0431\u0443\u0440\u0443\u0443 \u043c\u0435\u0441\u0441\u044d\u0436 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0436 \u0430\u043c\u0433\u0430\u043b\u0430\u043d \u0442\u0430\u0439\u0432\u0430\u043d \u0431\u0430\u0439\u0434\u043b\u0430\u0430 \u04af\u0439\u043c\u04af\u04af\u043b\u044d\u0445 \u0430\u044e\u0443\u043b\u0442\u0430\u0439.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oyungerel \u0426\u044d\u0434\u044d\u0432\u0434\u0430\u043c\u0431\u0430 (@oyunlt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oyunlt\/status\/1367866895324520449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ru\">\u0425\u04e9\u0434\u04e9\u043b\u043c\u04e9\u0440 \u0445\u0438\u0439\u0445\u0433\u04af\u0439 \u0431\u0430\u0439\u0445, \u0445\u0438\u0439\u0436 \u0431\u0430\u0439\u0433\u0430\u0430 \u0445\u04e9\u0434\u04e9\u043b\u043c\u04e9\u0440 \u043d\u044c \u0431\u04af\u0440\u0442\u0433\u044d\u043b\u0433\u04af\u0439, \u04af\u043d\u044d\u043b\u0433\u044d\u044d\u0433\u04af\u0439 \u0431\u0430\u0439\u0445 \u0445\u043e\u0451\u0440\u044b\u043d \u044f\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0430\u0433 \u0415\u0440\u04e9\u043d\u0445\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0439\u0434 \u043e\u043b\u0436 \u0445\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0445\u0433\u04af\u0439 \u0431\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0430 \u0443\u0443 \u0434\u0430\u0430!!! \u043d\u043e\u0439\u0440\u0433\u04af\u0439 \u0445\u04af\u04af\u0445\u0434\u044d\u044d \u0445\u04e9\u0445\u04af\u04af\u043b\u044d\u043d \u0445\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0436 \u0431\u0443\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0443\u0443 \u044d\u044d\u0436\u04af\u04af\u0434\u0438\u0439\u043d \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u0438\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0430-\u0433\u0430\u0430\u0440 \u0434\u04af\u04af\u0440\u044d\u043d&#8230; \u0431\u043e\u0434\u0432\u043e\u043b \u04e9\u0434\u04e9\u0440 \u0436\u0430\u0430\u0445\u0430\u043d \u0434\u0443\u0433 \u0445\u0438\u0439\u0445\u044d\u044d\u0440 \u0442\u044d\u0434 \u0438\u0434\u044d\u0432\u0445\u0438\u0433\u04af\u0439 \u0445\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0433\u0434\u0434\u0430\u0433 \u044e\u043c \u0431\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432 \u0443\u0443?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oyungerel \u0426\u044d\u0434\u044d\u0432\u0434\u0430\u043c\u0431\u0430 (@oyunlt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oyunlt\/status\/1367699123340673027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Bulgan brought to my attention, on Friday PM Oyun-Erdene apologized for &#8220;upsetting people before the holiday,&#8221; but said that the &#8220;content&#8221; of his comments rather than their &#8220;form&#8221; should be paid attention to, by the public and by news media.<\/p>\n<p>One twitter user responded &#8220;Resign, in content and in form!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ru\">\u0425\u044d\u043b\u0431\u044d\u0440\u044d\u044d\u0440\u044d\u044d \u0447, \u0430\u0433\u0443\u0443\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0430 \u0447 \u043e\u0433\u0446\u043e\u0440 !<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gantulga.D (@D_Gantulga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/D_Gantulga\/status\/1368196831520296964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Monday, March 8, will be Women&#8217;s Day, a major public holiday in Mongolia. Some on twitter are calling for a demonstration on the square <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%9E%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(#\u0411\u0438\u041e\u0447\u043d\u043e),<\/a> where there is already an exhibition set up on the issue of rampant domestic violence happening &#8220;behind closed doors&#8221; (see hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u0425\u0430\u0430\u043b\u0433\u0430<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hariad_uyanga\">@hariad_uyanga<\/a> adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">His first statement at the Gender Committee, described teenage pregnancy as an anomaly, that these lazy women avoid work force and should be treated with mandatory military. Implying military is a punitive place. Also negating all the care work women do to produce workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hariad (@hariad_uyanga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hariad_uyanga\/status\/1368423190704254977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The next day, he tried to apologise for his statement, but made an even more demeaning statement, implying that the citizens are not smart enough to understand his initial derogatory statement.<\/p>\n<p>Our PM\u2019s words were negating our constitutional law, gender law, and the CEDAW.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hariad (@hariad_uyanga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hariad_uyanga\/status\/1368453889574367232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/cedaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEDAW<\/a> is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women)<\/p>\n<p>The response on Twitter has been swift and markedly sophisticated in the use of hashtags and graphics. The 8&gt;9 motto is a poignant example of that response:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ro\">Symbolism of 8&gt;9 slogan?<br \/>\nProtest on Sukhbaatar Sq on March 8 = <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WomensDay<\/a>.<br \/>\nPronunciation of number 9 = abbreviation for Prime Minister = \u0415\u0440\u04e9\u043d\u0445\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0439\u0434 = \u0415C.<br \/>\nThanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ob2133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ob2133<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hariad_uyanga?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hariad_uyanga<\/a> for explaining!<br \/>\nBackground? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marissa_j_smith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marissa_j_smith<\/a> explains: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JLzKAsc16q\">https:\/\/t.co\/JLzKAsc16q<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mongolia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mongolia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zc4yLxgMyD\">pic.twitter.com\/Zc4yLxgMyD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julian Dierkes (@jdierkes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdierkes\/status\/1368626119436500992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Marissa J. Smith The #\u043e\u0433\u0446\u043e\u0440 hashtag is back (#cancelPM #\u043e\u0433\u0446\u043e\u04409 #\u041e\u0433\u0446\u043e\u0440EC) after PM Oyun-Erdene made comments about drafting young women, who were characterized as getting married and having children at a young age rather than working, as he chaired &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/2021\/oyun-erdene-gender-comments\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51023,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,307911,642],"tags":[983146],"class_list":["post-7476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gender","category-mongolian-peoples-party","category-politics","tag-marissa-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7476"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7495,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476\/revisions\/7495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mongolia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}