The 2023 Women, Peace and Security Index, which ranks 177 countries in terms of women’s status, launched in New York on Oct. 24, 2023 at a special event hosted by Permanent Missions of Norway, UAE, and South Africa. The index was published in partnership with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
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“When women are doing well, everyone in society is doing well and the data empirically back that up,” said GIWPS research manager and lead author of the Index, Elena Ortiz.