[3] In many cultures, women were expected to run the domestic duties in a household, yet women in Mongolia also managed out of the home work such as taking care of animals, manufacturing dairy products, shearing wool, and tanning hides.

[3] Through their household work, women in elite ranks of society were able to further their roles in order to gain substantial amounts of power.

When the Mongol empire collapsed, poor women in society were unable to get any sort of proper health care or any opportunity for education and leisure.

[3] Nomadic women in Mongolia have typically been those responsible for collecting buckets of water, cooking meals for the family, keeping livestock healthy, collecting wood for fires, nursing and raising children, making clothing, and generally keeping all domestic affairs in order.

[4] For those women who were widowed or left because of husbands in the military, taking over their jobs was often a common practice.

Firm actions of this subordination took place in daily activities such as women were only allowed to tend to sheep, yet men were responsible for horses- a lamb versus a stallion in generic historical terms.

It was ruled by the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and maintained close links with the Soviet Union throughout its history.

[4] Despite having formal legal equality, as in other socialist states, women remained de facto subordinate to men.

[4] This was the first step in the effort of the state to promote population growth; a strong emphasis on women’s reproductive capacities.

[5] In the most traditional sense, in nomadic society, women were not allowed to partake in the formal political sphere as their decisions were limited to the household.

[5] The new constitution also gave equal rights to all citizens of Mongolia without focus of origin, sex, gender, or beliefs.

[9][10] They have been raped and physically and psychologically harmed in brothels, homes, businesses, and other locations throughout the country, notably at the China–Mongolia border.