Methodology
How the Womanity Index works
The index checks what governments actually do to prevent gender-based violence (GBV) and to help survivors. Here is how a score is put together.
How a score is made
- Collect the evidence. A household survey, interviews with officials and service providers, and a review of each state's laws and budget documents.
- Score 18 indicators. Each indicator gets a score from 0 to 1, for example whether every police division has a Family Support Unit.
- Average them into 5 areas. Each area's score is the average of its indicators, shown as a percentage.
- Average the areas into the overall grade. The overall grade is the average of the five area scores.
- Give it a colour band. The percentage places the state in one of four bands below.
The four colour bands
Areas with 4 indicators need higher scores for each band than areas with 3, because each indicator counts for less.
| Band | What it means | Overall grade | 3-indicator areas (LP, BS) | 4-indicator areas (ALJ, SS, IA) |
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The five areas and 18 indicators
Where the data comes from
This dashboard reads Invictus Africa's master data workbook on SharePoint. When the team saves a change there, the dashboard updates within a few minutes. The date of the last update is at the bottom of every page.
Words used on this dashboard
GBVGender-based violence: harm directed at someone because of their gender, including physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence.
VAPP ActThe Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act of 2015. Each state has to adopt its own version to enforce it.
SARCSexual Assault Referral Centre: medical care, evidence collection, counselling and legal referral for survivors of sexual violence.
ShelterSafe temporary housing for survivors and their children.
FSUFamily Support Unit: a police unit that handles domestic and sexual violence cases.
Legal aidFree legal help for survivors who cannot pay for a lawyer.
IEC materialsInformation, education and communication materials, such as posters, radio programmes and flyers.
MoWAThe state Ministry of Women Affairs, which leads GBV work in most states.
Per capita spendingMoney actually spent on GBV divided by the number of women and girls in the state.
Budget performanceThe share of the money budgeted for GBV that was actually released and spent.