Sidrah Hassan

Sidrah is an AI Ethicist who is dedicated to ensuring that AI-enabled harms are actively challenged and addressed. 

Tamara Rogovic

Tamara Rogovic is an Edinburgh-based multidisciplinary artist who serves as President of the Scottish Artists Union.

Toni Lee Pryde

Toni is a Community Development Worker who improves the lives of families in Edinburgh.

Young Women Demand: Our manifesto

Our Young Women Demand manifesto looks towards a Scotland where young women and girls can feel safe and thrive. Our manifesto sets out our six policy priorities to ensure that the voices and experiences of young women and girls are at the heart of party manifestos for the 2026 election, with a view to informing future policy making in Scotland.     

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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.

AI facial filters are ruining our perception of beauty

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.

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Scottish Government’s Women’s Health Plan: Phase Two

The Young Women’s Movement have been working closely with the Women’s Health Plan Team in the Scottish Government to ensure the voices and experiences of girls and young women aged 12-18 are elevated in the next phase of the Women’s Health Plan.

Guide to AI

This online guidance and resource library was created by the Young Women Lead 2025 cohort for anyone who wants to be more informed about AI and its gendered impacts, but particularly for young women. Across the guide you will find key definitions, useful conversation starters, testimonials from the young women involved and more. The guide is split into three sections: What is AI?; AI and gender; and Help and resources. The guide takes the form of text, imagery and videos alongside interactive elements.