Women Peace Security Index 2023/24

As the only index to bring together indicators of women’s inclusion, justice, and security, the WPS Index is a valuable measure of women’s status that As the only index to combine can be used to track trends, guide policymaking, and hold governments account- indicators of women’s able for their promises to advance women’s rights and opportunities. [...] All countries in the top quintile are in the Developed Countries group or the Central and Eastern Europe and Central 1 2 | WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY INDEX 2023/24 BOX 1 The structure of the WPS Index The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index captures 13 The WPS Index captures 13 indicators of women’s indicators of women’s status classified under three dimen- status classified under three dimensi. [...] On a scale of 0 to 4, the access to justice indicator scores countries on the in the justice dimension extent to which women have secure and effective paths toward justice, including (women’s access to justice the ability to bring cases to court, participate in fair trials, and seek proper redress and maternal mortality), and and defense measures when their rights are violated. [...] Nota- bly, this region also has the highest rates of PVTW events and the second-highest share of women living in proximity to conflict (after the Fragile States group), highlighting the connection between instability at the societal level and feelings of safety at the neighborhood level. [...] Women exposed to armed conflict in 2022 The year 2022 was the deadliest in terms of battle-related deaths from armed con- The year 2022 was the deadliest flict since 1994, the year of the Rwandan genocide.