Oyungerel Tsedevdamba
Oyungerel Tsedevdamba (Mongolian: Цэдэвдамбын Оюунгэрэл, romanized: Tsedevdambyn Oyuungerel; born 26 October 1966 in the Tarialan district of the Mongolian People's Republic) is policy advisor for human rights and public participation to the President of Mongolia, Khaltmaagiin Battulga.[1] Oyungerel is a member of the Democratic Party[2] and former minister of culture, tourism and sports, as well as a former member of the Mongolian Parliament. She was the first female Parliament member in Mongolia. She is known for her human rights work.
Education edit
Oyungerel attended Stanford and Yale Universities,[3] as well as the Moscow International Business School and Sverdlovsk State Academy of Sciences. She was Stanford's first Mongolian student, enrolling in 2003 at age 36 in the master’s program in international policy studies.[4]
Career edit
Oyungerel's work has including helping pass laws addressing domestic violence[5] and protecting cultural heritage sites, home to Mongolian indigenous people,[6] as well as working to stop smugglers from illegally removing dinosaur fossils from Mongolia.[7] Her interest in dinosaurs began in 2006 with a visit to the American Museum of Natural History, which displayed Mongolian dinosaur fossils the guide said would be returned to Mongolia if the country had a museum to display them.[8]
In 2009, her book Shadow of the Red Star (later titled The Green Eyed Lama) was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize.[9] The sequel, Sixty White Sheep, was published in Mongolian in 2017.[10]
Personal life edit
Oyungerel has two children.[4]
References edit
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- ^ Kohn, Michael (23 June 2017). "Pro-IMF Mongolia Party Looks to Consolidate Power Over Populists". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ Hecht, Jeff (27 September 2014). "Save the Dinosaurs". Slate. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Finally, from Mongolia". Stanford Magazine. No. September/October. Stanford University. 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ Edwards, Terrence (10 May 2017). "How Mongolia Is Tackling Domestic Violence After Years Of Neglect". Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ Gauthier, Marine (28 August 2016). "'We have nothing but our reindeer': conservation threatens ruination for Mongolia's Dukha". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ Cascone, Sarah (29 September 2014). "Meet the Woman Who Saved Mongolia's Dinosaurs from Smugglers". artnet News. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Hecht, Jeff (27 September 2014). "Save the Dinosaurs". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ . manasianliteraryprize.org. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Interview with Oyungerel Tsedevdamba". www.buddhistdoor.net. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.