WPS Resource Center
A tool for academics and practitioners interested in gender and conflict.
Women, Peace, and Security Shadow Report to Congress: What Was Built, What…
WPS Index 2025/26
Bellagio Compact
WPS Index 2025/26
Progress for women’s rights and wellbeing has stalled globally, according to the 2025/26 Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index. WPS Index scores reveal that global progress on women’s status has largely stagnated since tracking began in 2017, with declines in certain regions. “As wars and conflicts reach a historic peak, progress on women’s status nears…
Bellagio Compact
Global Women Leaders’ Call to Action for the Revival of Democracy and Delivering on the Promise of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action The status of women is the status of democracy. Democracy, peace, and economic stability cannot exist without women’s rights and leadership, and attacks on those rights are often the first warning…
Women, Peace and Security Survey
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) released results from a global survey of nearly 3,000 women in 121 countries—one of the largest samples of women peacebuilders to date. The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Survey highlights perspectives of women peacebuilders from around the world: where they find influence and meaning, the challenges they face, and…
Monitoring Progress on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security releases a series of reports tracking progress made by UN Member States on their commitments to advance WPS. The reports focus on states’ efforts to increase women’s representation in diplomacy and security spaces; funding for WPS-relevant activities; and the implementation of WPS through policy instruments over the…
10-Point Compact for Ukraine’s Just and Sustainable Peace
This Compact was developed by civil society leaders as part of the Women Leaders Coalition for the Future of Ukraine Summit. Download Compact Download a 1-Pager Authors Acknowledgements Global Women Leaders Endorsements The Women Leaders Coalition for the Future of Ukraine Summit This Compact is funded by the UK Government, provided through the Foreign, Commonwealth…
From Resolution to Revolution: Lessons Learned from 25 Years of the Women, Peace & Security Framework
Global conflicts are having a disproportionate impact on women, with violence reaching unprecedented levels and nearly one in three countries experiencing armed conflict. Additionally, women’s proximity to these conflicts is alarming, with 15% of women living within 50 kilometers of hostilities. This is happening amid increasing opposition to women’s political participation, setbacks in women’s rights,…
Practical Guidance for Integrating Climate into WPS National Action Plans
In this practical guidance note, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security explores the capacity for National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security (WPS NAPs) to be effective tools for national-level implementation of the WPS Agenda that is responsive to climate-related security risks. WPS NAPs have become the primary tool for national-level efforts…
Advancing Gender, Climate, and Security in the UN Security Council
In this policy brief, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security presents recommendations for advancing gender, climate, and security in the UN Security Council and opportunities for Member States and other relevant stakeholders to drive progress on these interconnected challenges. Despite growing recognition of how climate change multiplies risk and poses a threat to…
Pathways to Justice and Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security released a new report on the widespread use of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and its devastating impacts on individuals and communities, which can last generations and undermine peace and security efforts. Sexual violence is used as a weapon of war by combatants in conflict situations worldwide, decimating…
Moving Mountains
Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, Afghanistan has faced a grim confluence of crises—a failing economy, widespread poverty and famine, rampant human rights abuses, and a total erasure of the rights of women and girls. Devastating earthquakes and the deportation of Afghans from Pakistan have further compounded the challenges facing the country. The Taliban appear…
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
As the uses and abuses of technology develop at a rapid rate, the growing threat and consequences of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) must be addressed by those working to advance the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. Existing policies and programs must be adapted and new ones adopted to account for digital dimensions of gender-based…
Trends in Women’s Status Over Time: Key Findings From Revised WPS Index Estimates for 2017-2023
Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda is strengthened by tools that track progress over time, identify where gaps persist, and hold decisionmakers accountable. First developed in 2017, the WPS Index multi-dimensionally measures women’s status in 177 countries and economies around the world. The structure of the WPS Index has been updated in…
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