Chloe, one of this year’s 30 Under 30, discusses how she organised in Orkney to support women experiencing sexual violence. She offers advice for how others can tackle sexual violence in rural areas.

While this budget contains some positive steps forward for young women and girls across the UK, it also reveals concerning gaps and missed opportunities. Our Research & Policy Lead Mar talks us through it.

We’re told that porn is just fantasy, harmless, private, even empowering. But the truth is more complicated. Mainstream online porn has become one of the biggest influences on sex in our generation, shaping how people think about desire, power, and consent. And what it’s teaching isn’t healthy.

Feminist wellbeing practices to tend to yourself and the collective.

2016 marked a pivotal year in the introduction of facial filters. Look at any selfie from this period, particularly from a certain few Kardashian sisters, and you’ll more than likely see Snapchat’s renowned dog filter. Somehow, we all collectively bypassed the obscenity that was dog ears, nose, and tongue in every selfie that we took because the dog filter blurred our skin and made our eyes ever so slightly larger. It was our first taste of filter enhancements, and we have only gotten hungrier.

Since the start of the year I’ve been working with The Young Women’s Movement on their ‘Young Women Lead – AI’ project. Together we have been learning about AI from The Scottish AI Alliance and deepening our understanding on the risks AI could pose for young women and girls.

In this article, Alba & Annie (participants of Young Women Lead AI) discuss the programme and the creation of their Guide to AI.

Mirin reflects on organising the first Menstrual Health Day at her school in the West of Scotland to raise awareness of periods and the different ways young people experience them.

Lauren looks at the 2025 Netflix series Adolescence from a feminist perspective, and discusses whether it could be used as teaching tool.

Our Research & Policy Lead, Dr Rebecca Mason, discusses young women’s online safety, and our response to Ofcom’s consultation.

The age of AI creates many new opportunities, but in the wrong hands it can create enormous damage and contribute to a new form of gender-based violence. One of the most horrifying and ignored consequences of AI is deepfake abuse, and women and girls are the group disproportionally affected by it. 

Across the world, young women’s human rights are facing unprecedented growing threats, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections, and less funding for programmes and organisations that support them. 

As the Scottish Government outlines its priorities for the coming year before the next Scottish Election in its Programme for Government, The Young Women’s Movement reflects on how the programme influences key issues affecting young women and girls.

Rebecca, our Research and Policy Lead, discusses the proposed Youth Work (Scotland) Bill, reflecting on what a legal right to youth work means for young women and girls across Scotland.

Tasnim Hassan, a Disabled researcher-activist, talks about the important connection between disability justice and feminist movements.

Rachael discusses the barriers that working class young women face when entering and progressing in the workplace.