Valerie Hudson is providing a new way to look at women's safety—as a barometer for the security of states themselves.
As an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, Valerie Hudson has continued to look at the critical ways women's health and safety impact the world. Her findings, as well as her Womanstats Project, make a clear case for how the safety of women is intrinsically tied to the safety of all.
"Over a decade’s worth of research shows that women’s advancement is critical to stability and to reducing political violence."