Unofficial translation LAW OF MONGOLIA ON PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY 2 Feb 2011 Ulaanbaatar CHAPTER ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Purpose of the law 1.1 The purpose of this law is to establish the legal basis for the creation of conditions to ensure gender equality in political, legal, economic, social, cultural and family relations, and to regulate relations related to their implementation. Article 2. Legislation on gender equality 2.1. The legislation on gender equality shall comprise the Constitution of Mongolia, this law and other legal acts enacted in conformity with the former. 2.2. If an international treaty ratified by Mongolia provides otherwise than this law, the provision of that international treaty shall take precedence. 2.3. Laws and other legal provisions for the public shall not weaken or worsen the gender equality norms adopted in this law. Article 3. Scope of application 3.1. This law applies equally to economic entities and organizations operating on the territory of Mongolia and to citizens of Mongolia, and, if an international treaty ratified by Mongolia does not provide otherwise, to all international and foreign organizations and foreign citizens and aliens operating or residing on the territory of Mongolia. Article 4. Definitions used in this law 4.1. The terms used in this law shall be understood as follows: 4.1.1. “gender” as a perception of the roles, responsibilities and statuses which a man or a woman is expected to fulfill in political, economic, social, cultural and family spheres, that establishes itself and evolves in the course of history; 4.1.2. “gender equality” as an absence of discrimination on the basis of sex achieved through equal participation of men and women in political, economic, social, cultural and family relations and their equal opportunities to contribute to and access the benefits of economic, social and cultural development; 4.1.3. “gender stereotypes” as the differential concepts of the roles and rights of men and women in political, economic, social, cultural and family relations based on their sex, and treatment of men and women on the basis thereof;