• 'UN soldiers ‘fathered thousands’ in Democratic Republic of Congo' - The Times (15th August 2022)

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• 'Sexual exploitation by UN peacekeepers in DRC: fatherless children speak for first time about the pain of being abandoned' - The Conversation (9th August 2022): 'These are the words of Emma* – a 13-year-old girl from Beni, a city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) near its border with Uganda. Emma’s mother Grace* was still in school when she met and became involved with a Uruguayan soldier working in DRC as a United Nations peacekeeper.  

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• 'Peace babies’ left behind by United Nations peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo speak out' - i News  MINUSCA (5th August 2022): ''United Nations forces are accused of sexually exploiting young women, including getting girls as young as ten pregnant in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now the women and children have spoken about it for the first time.'

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• 'UN peacekeepers sex abuse case' - The World (9th December 2021): ''Researchers find widespread sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers in the eastern Congo. The UN has its second largest and longest mission in the DRC, where as many as 20,000 peacekeepers are stationed. Host Marco Werman speaks to Susan Bartels, doctor and co-author of the studies and a clinician scientist at Queens University in Ontario.'

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• 'PRESS RELEASE' - MINUSCA (15th September 2021): 'The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has been made aware of allegations of sexual abuse of five girls, according to information received to date, involving unidentified members of the Gabonese military contingent deployed in the centre of the country.'

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• 'What is Social Epidemiology?' - (21st July 2021): 'Research trainee, Luissa Vahedi, explains the value of employing an epidemiological approach to research on sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in peacekeeping contexts. They consider the distribution and determinants influencing SEA during peace operations in Haiti and the occurrence of children fathered by peacekeepers.'

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• 'Deputies approve Investigative Commission for alleged violations carried out by the military in Haiti' - National (7th January 2020): 'A new vote, different from the one on Monday morning, allowed the creation of the body that will supervise the acts of the Government in relation to the alleged cases of human rights violations and sexual abuse carried out by State agents, officials or members of the Armed Forces and Internal Order and Security of the State, in peace missions from the year 2000 to date.'

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• 'Researchers Say U.N. Peacekeepers Fathered And Left Behind Children In Haiti' - NPR (21st December 2019): 'NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Susan Bartels about the report she co-authored on U.N. peacekeepers conceiving children in Haiti during their 2004-17 stabilization mission there.'

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• 'HAITÍ. "Sexo por comida": publican relatos de niñas abusadas y embarazadas por tropas de ocupación en Haití'/'HAITI: "Sex for food": published accounts of girls abused and impregnated by occupation troops in Haiti' - La Izquierda Diario (21st December 2019): 'The publication also reveals that "minors were offered food and small amounts of cash to have sex with UN personnel, and that MINUSTAH was linked to a sex ring operating in Haiti with apparent impunity.​

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• 'It Isn't Just Haiti — UN Peacekeepers Leave a Trail of Abandoned Babies Across the World' - Code Blue (20th December 2019): 'The explosive study by Sabine Lee and Susan Bartels on peacekeeper-fathered children in Haiti was broken this week by The Times of London and quickly garnered headlines across the world. The study focused on girls and women who were impregnated by soldiers serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), which operated from 2004 to 2017.'

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• ''In Haiti, peacekeepers are said to have abandoned hundreds of children born of sexual abuse' - Liberation (21 December, 2019):' - 'In Haiti, peacekeepers are said to have abandoned hundreds of children born of sexual abuse' - Liberation (21 December, 2019): ''A study published last week demonstrates the sexual exploitation perpetrated by UN 'peacekeepers' on the island's women and girls.'"

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• 'U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti fathered children and abandoned them, report says' - The Washington Post (18th December, 2019): 'U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti allegedly fathered children with women and girls before abandoning them, according to a new report, building on previous accusations of sexual misconduct carried out by peacekeepers on the vulnerable populations they are ordered to protect.'​

 

• 'UN peacekeepers in Haiti ‘fathered hundreds of babies’ then abandoned mothers' - The Times (17th December 2019): 'Ten Haitian women are taking groundbreaking legal action against the UN to establish paternity and make child support claims, reports Sean O’Neill'

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• 'They put a few coins in your hands to drop a baby in you’ – 265 stories of Haitian children abandoned by UN fathers' - The Conversation (17 December, 2019): 'Marie* was 14 years old and enrolled in a Christian school when she met and became involved with Miguel, a Brazilian soldier working in Haiti as a UN peacekeeper. When she told him that she was pregnant with his baby, Miguel said he would help her with the child. But instead, he returned to Brazil. Marie wrote to him on Facebook but he never responded.''

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