Unofficial translation GUARANTEES OF GENDER EQUALITY IN STATE STRUCTURE, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SPHERES Article 8. Guarantees of equal rights in political sphere 8.1. Any act of exclusion, restriction and discrimination against equal rights and equal opportunities of a man and a woman to join and participate in activities of a political party, labor union and other organizations of his or her choice shall be prohibited. 8.2. Campaign financing support in any election allocated to a male and a female candidate by a political party shall be the same amount. 8.3. Representation of any one sex in any central and local body of a political party shall not be lower than 25 percent. 8.6. A political party shall every two years submit a report on the implementation of Articles 8.2, and 8.3 of this law to the National Committee on Gender Equality referred to in Article 18.1 of this law. Article 9. Guarantees of equal rights in economic sphere 9.1. All citizens regardless of their sex shall have equal rights to establish and register an economic entity and to engage in economic and professional activities. 9.2. Management of central and local government agencies, bodies of local selfgovernment, economic entities and organizations of all forms of ownership shall have a duty to ensure for men and women an equal access on equal terms to land and other immovable and movable property, budget allocations, financial assets, credit, other economic wealth and resources. 9.3. Gender discrimination shall be prohibited in relations arising between persons and legal entities involving material and non-material wealth that are regulated by the Civil Law of Mongolia. 9.4. Gender discrimination shall be prohibited in the public procurement of goods, works and services and in the provision of all types of public services. Article 10. Guarantees of equal rights in civil service 10.1. The State shall ensure conditions and opportunities for actual implementation of equal rights of men and women to be hired and be employed in civil service through the following policy: 10.1.1. Representation of any one sex among politically appointed civil servants shall not be less than 15 percent on national, aimag and the capital city levels, 20 percent on district, 25 percent on soum and 30 percent on khoroo levels; 10.1.2. Representation of any one sex in decision-making positions in public administration shall not be less than 15 percent among state secretaries and heads of agencies, 20 percent among managers in other central agencies, 30 percent among heads of department in