"Future Without Violence" Broadcast Across Mongolia
ADRA Mongolia’s Acting on Gender violence Awareness through Peer Education (AGAPE) project organized a conference titled “Future without violence” and the conference brought together key stakeholders such youth, teachers, school administration, policy makers, representatives of parents, and peer educators; with 91 people participating in total.
The conference was held in the Chingis hotel and was highlighted on the evening news by two separate television broadcasting companies, SBN and NTV.
During the conference, the Ministry of Education and Culture’s policy on reducing violence against child and programs was discussed, with specialist, J.Myagmar giving a presentation. The Director of the National Centre Against Violence, D.Enkhjargal, and two school students gave a speech about peer pressure and violence. Students also performed a drama on violence entitled “not guilty wrongdoer” which was very helpful so that adults were able to gain a better understanding about peer pressure and violence from the students’ perspective.
Teachers, parents, social workers and school students discussed ideas and solutions to how they can reduce peer pressure and violence in their schools. AGAPE is funded by ADRA Australia and is now working on finalizing recommendations drawn from the conference and disseminate the recommendations to respective parties.
