Abuja, March 9, 2024 – Nigeria has been ranked 10th in the list of Africa’s most unsafe countries for women, according to global Women Peace and Security Index 2023 (WPS Index).
The WPS Index is published by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security with support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The 2023 edition scores and ranks 177 countries in terms of women’s inclusion, justice, and security.
The WPS Index offers a tool for identifying where resources and accountability are needed most to advance women’s status – which benefits us all.
No country performs perfectly on the WPS Index and the results reveal wide disparities across countries, regions, and indicators.
The Central African Republic is ranked number one, while DR Congo and South Sudan were ranked second and third, respectively.
Seychelles, the smallest country on the continent, ranks, number one in Africa’s safest countries for women followed by Cape Verde and South Africa.
Africa’s most unsafe countries for women
1. Central African Republic, 2. DR Congo, 3. South Sudan, 4. Burundi, 5. Eswatini, 6. Somalia, 7. Niger, 8. Sudan, 9. Chad, 10. Nigeria
Africa’s safest countries for women
1. Seychelles, 2. Cape Verde, 3. South Africa, 4. Mauritius, 5. Tunisia, 6. Rwanda, 7. Botswana, 8. Tanzania, 9. Ghana, 10. Sao Tome and Principe. (GBN)
