Should ‘Adolescence’ be shown in schools? A feminist critique of the Netflix series.

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

Research & Policy Lead (now closed)

We're hiring a Research & Policy Lead at The Young Women's Movement

Freelance Training & Consultancy Consultant

Building a safer life online for young women

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

Young Women Care

The Young Women Care zine explores the overlap between care experience and gender. This zine was created by and for care experienced* young women at our Young Women Care event with with ProjectChange.

Young Women Thrive: Self defence

Join The Young Women's Movement and National Centre for Health and Fitness for a self defence class. Young Women Thrive is a series of wellbeing focused workshops targeted at young women to share experiences, learn skills and create positive change. This series is funded by the Glasgow Wellbeing Fund.

Policy and Participation Coordinator

Ofcom consultation on draft guidance: A safer life online for women and girls

Every single day, young women and girls worldwide are subject to gender-based violence online. The scale of online abuse against women and girls is devastating: in Scotland, 27% of young women aged 16–24 report having experienced online violence. As Scotland’s national organisation for young women and girls’ leadership and rights, The Young Women’s Movement welcomes the opportunity to respond to Ofcom’s consultation on their draft guidance for tech companies on reducing the risk of harm to women and girls using their platforms.

Heritage Research Coordinator

Young Women Thrive: The science of skin colour

Join The Young Women's Movement and Glasgow Science Centre for a STEM workshop on the Science of Skin Colour. This workshop will explore the science, evolution, and stories that shape our differences and similarities. You'll also have the opportunity to extract DNA from a strawberry! Young Women Thrive is a series of wellbeing focused workshops targeted at young women to share experiences, learn skills and create positive change. This series is funded by the Glasgow Wellbeing Fund.