Save the Children Japan (SCJ) is implementing the Protecting Girls from Violence and Exploitation in Mongolia project from 2021 to 2024, and the project is funded by the United Nations Trust Fund (UNTF). Within the scope of this project, the Independent Research Institute of Mongolia (IRIM) implemented a baseline evaluation of the Protecting Girls from Violence and Exploitation project, to identify basic indicators and assess the current situation. This study was conducted in pursuit of the following objectives:

• To identify the baseline level of target indicators (to assess the project’s progress and impact), improve the project planning, and
• To improve project planning, measure the scope and potential impacts of the planned activities, and the project objectives’ indicators.

Survey data were collected from schools and organizations located in the five target districts of the project: Bayangol, Bayanzurkh, Chingeltei, Sukhbaatar, and Songinokhairkhan. Baseline survey data were collected using quantitative and qualitative methods. For example, questionnaires and focus group discussions were organized among female students aged 12-17 years, whereas key informant interviews were conducted with service providers. In addition, a review of the legal environment for child protection services in Mongolia was conducted. In addition, a review of the legal environment for child protection services in Mongolia was conducted.

A total of 664 female students participated in the quantitative survey of the baseline study. The quantitative survey used Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI), Qualitative s included methods such as case studies (CS), focus group discussions (FGD), key informant interviews (KIIs), semi-structured interviews (SSIs), and a desk review (DR) and total of 53 experts, 25 school girls, and 5 victim girls participated.