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hese ndings demonstrate that empowering women and safeguarding democracy go hand in hand and strengthen the evidence-based case for the integration of the WPS and democracy agendas. [...] Conceptual Framework and Methodology ow are different measures of democracy related to dimensions of women s status e capture women’s status using the WPS Index, which multidimensionally measures the status of women in 170 countries.22 Each country is ranked and scored based on its performance across 11 indicators classi ed under the three dimensions of inclusion economic, social, and political us. [...] Although there are a growing number of gender indices, the WPS Index is the only one to combine issues of women’s inclusion, justice, and security and is unique in capturing the absolute status of women rather than gender gaps or ine ualities. [...] n relation to the democratic pillars of contestation, and meaningful participation checks and balances, and freedom of assembly, we in governance and relief and identify the cross-cutting themes of accountability, inclusion, open civic spaces, and the prevention of recovery efforts. [...] and lin arnegard and Backsliding and the Instrumentalization of Women’s Rights in Turkey,” Erik Melander,” Disentangling Gender, Peace and Democratization: Politics and Gender 18, no.