WPS Scorecards

WPS Scorecard
Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda by the UN Security Council Permanent Members.

Security Council WPS Scorecard

UN Security Council Permanent Members have a unique responsibility to implement the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. However, the Permanent Five -- United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China -- are also some of the top contributors to the global arms trade. These arms directly contribute to sexual, gender-based, and other forms of violence. 

WILPF’s newly expanded WPS Security Council Scorecard aims to strengthen accountability for holistic implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda by addressing ongoing gaps between commitments and accomplishments, especially around conflict prevention and disarmament.

The WPS Security Council Scorecard addresses all four pillars of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (participation, conflict prevention, protection and relief and recovery) and analyses state actions at both the international and national levels. International actions addressed include the following: WPS-related statements and commitments at the Security Council, international gender and human rights commitments and peacekeeping action. National action addressed are the following: financing of military versus gender equality, women's participation in parliament and judiciary, levels of sexual violence, and gendered post-conflict stabilisation programmes. Data covers the period between 2010 and 2018.

We invite you to use this WPS Scorecard to strengthen your calls for holistic and concrete action for transformative peace based on gender justice.

Read our Research Brief that maps trends on compliance with relevant international standards around Women, Peace and Security by the Permanent Five in the period between 2010 and 2016 here>>

Scorecards
 
Security Council Actions
Women, Peace and Security Financing
International Gender and Human Rights Indicators
Peacekeeping Operations
Prevention
Participation
Protection
Recovery Support
China
20.0
35.0
65.2
53.1
17.5
49.1
57.0
42.1
China
14.9
35.0
65.3
52.3
17.5
48.6
57.0
42.1
China
2.9
13.0
63.4
52.9
18.8
48.9
57.0
45.6
China
27.8
35.0
63.1
52.9
19.5
50.6
49.5
56.9
China
10.8
85.0
63.3
52.7
20.0
48.3
65.6
56.9
China
42.6
0.0
59.1
52.8
20.8
46.1
70.6
64.7
China
25.9
10.0
57.1
54.9
17.5
46.5
70.6
64.7
China
50.0
50.0
54.0
52.3
16.3
46.3
60.1
43.2
China
73.8
35.0
52.7
52.6
16.3
46.4
56.0
46.8
China
57.3
68.0
58.1
53.3
9.8
46.9
51.0
55.1
France
33.5
35.0
87.1
55.0
46.0
58.2
73.2
46.2
France
34.9
35.0
86.7
55.4
46.7
58.3
68.2
57.5
France
24.7
46.0
84.3
56.7
48.0
56.7
76.8
54.0
France
41.8
35.0
87.2
4.8
49.2
57.8
71.8
60.5
France
24.3
35.0
94.5
5.2
49.7
67.1
79.5
68.2
France
52.0
0.0
94.8
4.6
50.7
68.0
76.0
71.8
France
46.5
0.0
93.1
54.7
51.0
68.1
82.3
71.8
France
52.9
35.0
95.0
58.8
51.0
72.8
95.0
95.0
France
80.3
90.0
90.3
57.0
60.6
70.5
91.4
90.8
France
83.3
90.0
95.7
58.9
37.5
72.2
96.4
95.0
United Kingdom
22.7
35.0
87.6
62.4
35.2
53.7
71.0
72.4
United Kingdom
22.9
85.0
87.3
60.7
38.4
55.2
76.0
57.5
United Kingdom
32.9
46.0
86.8
55.0
50.7
55.8
84.5
72.4
United Kingdom
26.1
35.0
86.7
55.7
51.2
56.7
73.2
54.0
United Kingdom
33.0
85.0
84.3
57.5
51.9
57.0
76.8
54.0
United Kingdom
58.8
46.0
88.2
55.9
57.4
59.7
79.5
73.0
United Kingdom
34.1
0.0
87.7
55.8
57.4
64.1
84.5
73.0
United Kingdom
69.3
35.0
89.4
58.0
56.2
68.2
100.0
84.3
United Kingdom
80.0
53.0
85.0
56.2
56.2
69.3
100.0
95.0
United Kingdom
73.3
90.0
88.0
59.4
56.2
67.1
100.0
95.0
Russia
37.8
0.0
69.5
50.8
12.5
54.2
50.5
36.2
Russia
20.2
0.0
68.6
1.2
13.8
53.5
47.1
36.2
Russia
19.6
0.0
67.2
51.4
14.5
53.4
51.3
36.2
Russia
20.0
0.0
67.0
51.1
12.5
53.9
34.6
36.2
Russia
15.8
0.0
64.0
52.9
13.8
50.9
31.8
36.2
Russia
20.6
0.0
64.7
54.3
15.8
49.0
34.6
40.4
Russia
16.3
0.0
64.6
55.8
12.5
44.5
34.6
55.3
Russia
30.1
0.0
65.3
63.8
10.0
53.1
39.6
64.4
Russia
46.3
0.0
60.5
68.9
10.0
55.2
39.6
64.4
Russia
49.0
0.0
60.9
65.0
3.8
58.9
39.6
56.7
United States of America
62.9
35.0
73.6
63.9
14.5
60.8
62.6
54.0
United States of America
49.2
13.0
74.2
64.0
26.6
61.4
62.6
54.0
United States of America
35.2
35.0
73.7
62.6
42.8
60.3
59.1
68.2
United States of America
34.0
35.0
72.7
64.6
43.8
61.0
69.0
54.0
United States of America
40.1
35.0
72.2
61.4
43.3
61.3
70.4
61.1
United States of America
56.7
0.0
70.5
61.1
43.8
59.4
74.0
68.8
United States of America
38.3
90.0
66.5
65.4
44.8
64.3
90.9
95.0
United States of America
61.7
0.0
68.0
62.8
46.2
56.3
90.9
95.0
United States of America
62.5
35.0
68.0
66.7
41.2
59.0
90.9
95.0
United States of America
60.4
0.0
66.2
56.5
44.0
61.9
90.9
85.7
International Actions
National Actions

* In the graph above, the average performance of each country in all main categories for the period between 2010 and 2015 is reflected.

** In the graph above, the average performance of each country for the period between 2010 and 2015 is reflected.

What can the Permanent Five do?

To address key gaps, the Security Council should:

  1. Prioritise political economies of gender justice and peace over militarism and war;

  2. Mainstream gender into disarmament efforts through consultations with civil society;
  3. Stop focusing on women primarily as victims in armed conflicts; instead, recognise women’s meaningful participation in conflict prevention through reconstruction processes;
  4. Reorient peace work around local women's experiences and voices for justice and rights;
  5. Call for more gender advisors to be appointed in all peace operations;
  6. Develop and implement UNSCR 1325 National and Regional Action Plans with sustained, allocated funding;
  7. Improve gender-sensitive and sex-disaggregated data collection, analysis, and dissemination.