Woman of the Year 2024

Battsetseg Batmunkh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mongolia

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the National University of Mongolia in 1996, a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Finance and Economics of Mongolia in 2000 and a Master of Business Administration from Maastricht School of Management in 2005. Previously she has served in various executive positions at Munkhiin Useg Group, and as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. She speaks Mongolian, English and Russian

H.E Mr Gansukh Damdin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of Czechia and Slovak Republic

H.E Ing. Jiří Drahoš, DrSc, Senator of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

The Association for the Development of Mongolian Women in Europe (ADMWE) is a non-profit NGO, established in 2011 and based in London. The main objective of the organization is to focus on creating work and business networks among Mongolian women in abroad and to facilitate opportunities for professional growth, networking, and collaboration. The ADMWE is also committed to support and fund projects on eliminating domestic violence against women and girls, thereby promoting the rights and well-being of women and girls and striving towards a more just and inclusive society.

Our association brings together Mongolian women who have pursued higher education in Europe and have excelled in their respective professional fields. Our representatives across multiple European countries including the UK, Germany, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, Türkiye, Ireland, Czech, and Mongolia provide a diverse and widespread network and by leveraging each members’ expertise and experiences gained from international education and professional endeavors.

Since its establishment, the ADMWE hosted annual events in one of the European countries. Last year, the ADMWE organized “Sustainable Tourism – Women” business forum in Istanbul, Türkiye. Over 200 participants from 15 countries gathered and discussed the opportunities, good practices of Türkiye, Balkan countries and tourism sector challenges in the framework of “Welcome to Mongolia” initiative announced by the Government of Mongolia. The forum participants made appeal to everyone abroad to contribute the tourism sector of Mongolia, being a voluntary ambassador.

This year, the business forum will be convened in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic under the title “Women in Industry: Small and medium size businesses” to share experiences and new ideas of professional sectors focusing on good experiences of the host country, and seek an opportunity to start business at home. The creative mongolians in different business sectors from the Czech Republic and leading wealth owners from other European countries are cordialy invited to participate in the forum. 

Next year the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Czech Republic will be celebrated. In this context, ADMWE is partnering with the Embassy of Mongolia in Czechia to organize this year’s event in Prague. Moreover, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Youth Business Council under the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Global Mongolian Women Together NGO and many others are supporting the event.  

Also, this year we are focusing on aid to local herding communities those are severely affected by the natural disaster such as dzuds, which poses an imminent threat to our country’s economy and traditional livelihood of our nomadic herders.