Welcome
We are the Young Women’s Movement
Scotland’s national organisation for young women and girls’ leadership and rights:
– Working collectively
– Leading meaningful change
– Creating a more equal society
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Sign up to our newsletter
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Find out about Young Women Work, our campaign to address workplace gender inequality
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Explore our GirlPower toolkit for youth workers, about violence between girls
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Come to our birthday party on 15th March!
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Be part of Young Women Lead 2025, co-designing a project about AI’s impact
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Read our latest research on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis
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Check out our upcoming events
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Watch the inaugural performance of ‘Young Women Move‘ by Nadine Aisha Jassat
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Sign up to our newsletter
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Find out about Young Women Work, our campaign to address workplace gender inequality
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Explore our GirlPower toolkit for youth workers, about violence between girls
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Sign up to our newsletter
-
Find out about Young Women Work, our campaign to address workplace gender inequality
-
Explore our GirlPower toolkit for youth workers, about violence between girls
-
Come to our birthday party on 15th March!
-
Be part of Young Women Lead 2025, co-designing a project about AI’s impact
-
Read our latest research on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis
-
Check out our upcoming events
-
Watch the inaugural performance of ‘Young Women Move‘ by Nadine Aisha Jassat
-
Sign up to our newsletter
-
Find out about Young Women Work, our campaign to address workplace gender inequality
-
Explore our GirlPower toolkit for youth workers, about violence between girls
Self-identifying young women, girls and non-binary people who recognise themselves within this movement are at the heart of everything we do.
Open opportunities for young women and girls
Our programmes
- Poverty alleviation
- Research report
- Rights
Young women’s experiences of the cost-of-living crisis in Scotland
This report details the findings of a national research project that investigates young women’s experiences of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis in Scotland, created in partnership by The Young Women’s Movement and Scottish Women’s Budget Group.

What’s new
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Samar, our Heritage Research Coordinator, tells us about the Young Women Remember project so far, and why we are collecting stories about the 100 year history of our movement and the YWCA in Scotland.
- Heritage
- Young Women Remember
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Emma Roberts talks about the importance of mentorship, training, and employee networks for young women in the workplace, particularly in STEM roles.
- 30 Under 30
- STEM
- Work and careers
- Young Women Work
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I only recently learnt that I am autistic. And even though I experience Alexithymia (sometimes I struggle to identify, recognise and then communicate my emotions), my feelings about late discovery are contradictory, conflicting and colossal.
- 30 Under 30
- Rights
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In July 2024, Scotland was the first of the four nations of the United Kingdom to incorporate the UNCRC. This means children’s rights are now protected under Scots Law. This was celebrated as a historic moment: Scotland was leading the way. But what about adults?
- 30 Under 30
- Rights