Measuring lived security beyond crime statistics
The Glocal Human Security Index is a people-centred and rights-based framework that measures how secure people actually live and not only how much violence is recorded.
By capturing vulnerabilities, freedoms, and lived experiences the Index reveals the deeper conditions that shape safety & dignity at the local level.
A Multidimensional Measure of People’s Security
Security is not only the absence of violence.
It is the presence of conditions that allow people to live with dignity, freedom, stability, and trust.
The GHSI measures people's exposure to threats and vulnerabilities and their freedom to exercise fundamental rights across nine interconnected dimensions of life, from economic and personal security to political, environmental, and ontological security.
Grounded in systems thinking and in evidence generated through over a decade of research on security with communities experiencing complex forms of insecurity, the Glocal Human Security Index was developed to equip local governments, civil society organisations, international agencies, and communities with the tools to:
- Monitor security conditions at the local level
- Identify systemic drivers of insecurity and multiple forms of violence
- Evaluate interventions from a people-centred perspective
- Design policies that move beyond reactive crime control
This shifts security strategies from managing violence to strengthening the conditions that sustain peace.
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