This year, to celebrate the Young Women’s Movement’s centenary birthday the Status of Young Women in Scotland 2024-25 report will explore how young women understand, access and advocate for their human rights in Scotland. The survey for young women aged 16-30 is open until Friday 25th October.
Across Scotland, young women and girls are struggling to have their basic human rights realised due to poor access to healthcare, precarious employment, the prevalence and persistence of gender-based violence, and the ongoing climate crisis. Despite existing legal protections, young women bear the brunt of extreme misogyny online, girls are going hungry as families continue to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, and young women are stuck in poorly insulated and expensive accommodation due to an ongoing housing crisis. These are just some of the human rights crises affecting young women and girls across Scotland today.
This year, the Status of Young Women in Scotland 2024-25 report will explore how young women understand, access and advocate for their human rights in Scotland, uncovering what barriers they might face when attempting to access their rights, and asking what can be done to help young women realise their rights in Scotland today.
If you have any questions about the study, please contact Dr Rebecca Mason, Research and Policy Lead at The Young Women’s Movement.
The survey closes on Friday 25th October.
*Self-identifying young women and girls, and people from marginalised genders (e.g. non-binary people) who feel comfortable in a space that centres the experiences of young women and girls, are welcome to respond to the survey.