Peacekeeper Perpetrated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Democratic Republic of Congo

Mixed-methods data were collected to examine local community perceptions on interactions between UN peacekeepers and local women/girls in The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Six UN bases in eastern DRC (Kisangani, Bunia, Goma, Kalemie, Bukavu and Beni) were purposively selected based on available data regarding the sizes, troop and police contributing country staffing, years of operation, and geographic variation to represent the north and south as well as urban and rural regions.