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TEDxDarkhan 2024: a stage built around the word "power"
The fifth edition of TEDxDarkhan drew two hundred attendees to a single-day programme of women's stories from technology, business, and the social sector.
Inside the AWE Academy: month four of the business cohort
Eighty women, four months in, and the syllabus has moved from theory to revenue.
US Embassy joins AWE Academy launch at the Federation
Representatives from the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar joined our cohort kickoff for a session on content strategy.
Eighty women selected for the AWE Academy
From four hundred applications, the AWE Academy welcomes its 2024 cohort — eighty entrepreneurs across food, retail, services, and creative trades.
Council members meet the provincial assembly on family business policy
Members of the Federation's Business Women's Council met the head of the Citizens' Representative Assembly to surface the challenges facing family-business owners.
A workshop on the barriers women still face in business
An afternoon's frank conversation: what's actually stopping women from starting, scaling, or sustaining a business in Darkhan.
A first: Darkhan-Uul publishes the country's first local gender assessment
Eighteen months of research, three rounds of community consultation, and a 120-page report. The data is now public.
The first issue of "Powerful Women" is out
Sixty-four pages of profiles, history, and practical advice. The first issue prints in Mongolian; an English edition follows in winter.
Thursday nights, in English: a new presentation skills workshop
Every Thursday from 18:30 — a small-group workshop on giving a clear, confident talk in English. Open to all members, free of charge.
Toastmasters Darkhan opens its second season
The Darkhan chapter of Toastmasters International opens for its second year, welcoming new members to practise public speaking and leadership.
The Federation counts 12,400 individual members in 2024
The annual membership count puts individual members at 12,400 — up from 11,800 in 2023 — and organisational members at 741.
Annual report 2023: the year in numbers and stories
The full text of the 2023 Annual Report is now available to download. Highlights include the AWE Academy launch and the Women's Palace renovation.
AWE Academy 2025 opens with 80 new women entrepreneurs
The second cohort of the EU-funded AWE Academy welcomed eighty entrepreneurs in April. Applications for the autumn intake open in July.
Women in leadership: a province-wide tech gathering at the Youth Theatre
Two hundred professionals, students, and entrepreneurs gathered on International Women's Day to ask the question quietly haunting the sector: where are the women in Mongolian tech?