Zolzaya Batkhuyag

Zolzaya Bakthuyag
Nationality Mongolia

Zolzaya Batkhuyag (sometimes Zolzoya Batkhuyag or Bakthuyag) is a lawyer, social activist and comic book artist. She helped found Women for Change, an NGO[1] in Mongolia, with three other female lawyers. As part of their work, they created a comic book series which communicates ideas about feminism by using comic book characters to mimic experiences from their own lives. Topics include the importance of participating in elections, how to have sex that is consensual, and how to protect oneself from domestic violence.[2]

Batkhuyag founded the Women’s Leadership Institute. She became a Asia Foundation Development Fellow in 2015.[3] She produced an adaption of the Vagina Monologues from 2011-2013 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and spoke at the Ulaanbaatar TEDx in 2013.[3][4]

Biography

Batkhuyag was a fellow in Georgia, US at the Siegel Institute at Kennesaw State University. She then traveled to Mongolia to develop program and support groups for Mongolian women.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Women for Change Mongolia". Women for Change Mongolia. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  2. ↑ "These women are challenging Mongolia's gender norms with comic books". thelily.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  3. 1 2 "Zolzaya Batkhuyag - The Asia Foundation". The Asia Foundation. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  4. ↑ "The Strong Women Of Mongolia Are Ready To Take On The Patriarchy". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  5. ↑ "Zolzaya Batkhuyag". IREX. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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