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

Who we are
  • Developing skills

We work with young women to help them develop their leadership and confidence

Find out more about our programmes
  • Building Community

We build safe spaces for young women to give them a space to be seen and heard

Find out who we are
  • Research & Policy

We platform and amplify the voices of young women and girls in spaces where decisions are made

Find out more about our research and policy work

Self-identifying young women, girls and non-binary people who recognise themselves within this movement are at the heart of everything we do.

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Open opportunities for young women and girls

Our programmes

  • Leadership & Confidence
  • For 16-30 Years old

Young Women Lead

Young Women Lead supports young women to make real change at local and national levels while developing their leadership skills, knowledge and confidence.
  • Safe spaces & Consent
  • For 16-18 Years old

Young Women Know

Young Women Know supports young women to create peer-led campaigns that tackle unhealthy relationships and peer sexual abuse, delivered in partnership with NSPCC Scotland.
  • Heritage and research
  • For 16-30 Years old

Young Women Remember

Young Women Remember aims to collect, record and share the stories of support, connection and activism linked to our organisation over the past 100 years. The project is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
  • Feminism & Equality
  • 16 – 30 Years old

Empowering Pathways

Empowering Pathways supports women in their local community to gain confidence, learn about gender equality, create positive relationships, and celebrate their achievements.
  • Feminism & Equality
  • For P7 Pupils

YEquality

A school and youth work programme for young people transitioning to high school to become Equality Champions, challenging gender stereotypes and learning about inequalities through a feminist lens.
Ally Zlatar, 30 under 30 nominee in 2023 holding a paintbrush in her hand looking at the camera.
  • Championing community leaders
  • Under 30 years old

30 under 30

An annual celebration of young women and non-binary people across Scotland making a positive change in their communities and wider society.

What’s new

  • Late to the party – Rediscovering my autistic self

    Emily smiling at the camera in front of a bookcase.

    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

  • Human Rights in Scotland

    Elsie smiling at the camera at a viewpoint.

    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

  • Why intersectionality matters

    Emily smiling while holding a microphone in a mic stand, with pride flags in the background

    Over 20 women surround the committee table at Parliament. It is not often that this sentence can be said as anything more than a dream, but I had the joy of witnessing it happen as a part of Young Women Lead 2024.

    • Rights
    • Young Women Lead

  • The Care Community: Adapt for adoption

    Gemma smiling at the camera whilst outside on a patio.

    I wasn’t always comfortable with my identity as an adoptee. Even now, I’m not sure I can confidently own this part of myself, simply because so much of my life has been torn between three worlds.

    • 30 Under 30
    • Rights

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