The European Union Delegation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) invited AETS to implement a baseline study in the framework of combating gender-based violence in the DRC programme. This quantitative and qualitative study deals with the socio-economic and cultural factors, the situation of women and the relationships between men and women in three provinces of intervention (Kinshasa, Bandundu and Maniema) in the DRC. The assignment objective is to update the preliminary logical framework with a baseline of indicators, which will be used to measure the progress and impact of the programme. To define the indicators, AETS will gather quantitative and qualitative data by carrying out household surveys in the three provinces of intervention.