BUSINESSWOMEN CONVENE IN ULAANBAATAR

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A forum for small-sized businesswomen with a theme “What difficulty do you have?” was held Tuesday in Ulaanbaatar at an initiative of the unofficial group of women parliamentarians. Co-organized by the group of women parliamentarians and the Ministry of Labour, the forum brought together N.Altankhuyag, the Prime Minister; L.Erdenechimeg, a head of the Group of Women Parliamentarians; G.Uyanga, S.Odontuya, D.Sarangerel MPs; Ts.Oyungerel, the Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism; S.Oyun, the Minister of Environment and Green Development; and Ya.Sanjmyatav, the Minister of Labour. Erdenechimeg MP made the opening remarks at the forum, saying that many Mongolian women are doing business, contributing to their families and creating thousands of job places. Then she introduced to the gathered a result of a survey conducted by the Union of Mongolian Women among small- and middle-sized businesswomen. “23 per cent of the women involved in the survey said the interest rate of loans is too high,” she said. At the forum, Uyanga MP said she hoped that businesswomen in Mongolia will be a continuation for erecting basic industries that will become the pillar of the national economy, and expressed her position to urgently set up the tax on imported products which are considered as the biggest barrier to national productions. Products of leather and knitted goods J.Saran and J.Bolorchuluun said small- and middle-sized producers face many problems to receive soft-loans. Moreover, same products imported from China cause big problems to develop the national productions of leather and knitted goods, they said. As of today, 12 thousand businesspeople for small- and middle-sized productions are registered in the city, and 60% of them are women. Over 60% of the businesswomen are aged 40-55 years old. Most of these women are engaged in the productions of sewed and knitted clothes, foods, tourism, handcrafts and souvenir and felt goods. Apart of the parliamentarians, the forum gathered 800 people.