Afghanistan ranks worst of 177 countries in terms of the status of women, according to this year'sWomen, Peace and Security (WPS) index released Tuesday in New York.The WPS Index is published by Georgetown University'sInstitute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and the Centre on Gender, Peace and Security at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).It draws on recognized data sources to measure women'sinclusion, justice and security in 177 countries.
The WPS Index uses 13 indicators to measure women'sstatus, ranging from education and employment to laws and organized violence, PRIO said.Denmark leads the 2023 rankings as the top country to be a woman, scoring more than three times higher than Afghanistan at the bottom.
Yemen ranks second lowest and the Central African Republic is third in the global listing.The United States ranks 37th this year, scoring similarly to Slovenia, Bulgaria and Taiwan in the second quintile.&Since 2021, Afghanistan has ranked the worst in the world to be a woman.
Afghan women wake up each day to no jobs, no education and no autonomy over their lives.
This report should serve as a wakeup call to world leaders that all Afghanistan'swomen are imprisoned,& said Torunn L.
Tryggestad, Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo'sCentre for Gender, Peace and Security.This comes as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has repeatedly said that it is committed to ensuring women'srights according to Sharia.The post Afghanistan ranks last in global index on women'sstatus first appeared on Ariana News.