The WomanStats Project is designed to be the most complete online source for statistics on the status of women around the world. The database is available free of charge and compiles over 260 variables and indicators of the status of women for 175 countries. By registering for the site, researchers are able to construct their own tables of data by tailoring a search of variables to specific countries. Variables include a variety of indicators, such as indicators of violence against women (ex: instances of rape and sexual assault), women's economic well-being (ex: employment restrictions based on gender), women's legal security (ex: citizenship laws), security for maternity (ex: social acceptance for breastfeeding), and health (ex: differential access to health care based on gender).
The website and database are maintained by a group of scholars from three universities (Brigham Young University, University of Minnesota-Duluth, and University of California-Santa Barbara) who also have the goal of "assessing the linkage between the security of women on the one hand, and the security, stability, and behavior of nation-states on the other." To provide users with more information both on new information and statistics available on the website as well as broader research findings, the organizers of the website also maintain a blog.
