Policy Hub
Policy hub
Our policy and influencing works to highlight young women’s inequality in Scotland and make recommendations to ensure young women’s voices and experiences are recognised and amplified to challenge systemic inequality.
We co-develop our policy work with young women, ensuring their voices and experiences are at the heart of our consultation responses. We also develop parliamentary briefings to inform debates in the Scottish Parliament. This necessarily covers a wide range of policy areas, including those traditionally seen as topics of concern to young women, and those where more effort is needed to include their voices and experiences. The Research and Policy team coordinates and responds to policy and legislative issues affecting young women and girls, ensuring that our policy positions are reflective of young women’s voices, opinions and needs.
Our policy consultation responses and Parliamentary briefings
From our blog
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At The Young Women’s Movement, we are reflecting on what the UK Autumn Budget means for young women and girls across Scotland, particularly in relation to reducing poverty, tackling gender inequality and investing in local communities.
- Policy
- Poverty alleviation
- Rights
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The cost-of-living crisis continues to deepen for young women and girls across Scotland. To mark Challenge Poverty Week 2024, The Young Women’s Movement and Scottish Women’s Budget Group are delighted to co-launch our report exploring the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on young women in Scotland.
- Policy
- Poverty alleviation
- Rights
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As the Scottish Government outlines its priorities for the coming year, we welcome the recognition and inclusion of some key issues that affect young women across Scotland.
- Health
- Policy
- Rights
- Violence prevention
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Ahead of the UK General Election, The Young Women’s Movement have launched a campaign to encourage young women to use their voice and exercise their democratic right to vote. We hope that candidates will implement the demands to improve the lives of young women and girls across Scotland and the UK.
- Campaigning
- Climate crisis
- Health
- Policy
- Rights
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In this post, Guest Blogger Maria Onatt discusses how current Green New Deals do not consider the gendered effects of climate change, and why they must take an intersectional feminist approach in order to create a sustainable future for all women.
- Climate crisis
- Policy
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In this post, our Research and Policy Lead Rebecca discusses the proposed Ecocide (Prevention) (Scotland) Bill, young women’s attitudes towards ecocide, and the importance of capturing gender-sensitive, intersectional data to properly understand the impacts of ecocide in Scotland and around the world.
- Climate crisis
- Policy
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In this post, our Research and Policy Lead Rebecca discusses the proposed Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill, our response to the most recent consultation, and why the voices of young women must be meaningfully included in the Bill’s development.
- Health
- Policy
- Rights
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In this post, our Research and Policy Lead, Rhianna discusses the new Human Rights Bill for Scotland, our response to the consultation, and why young women must be meaningfully engaged in the development of the Bill.
- Policy
- Rights
