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So, the Employment Rights Bill has now been passed. It’s officially law but what does that actually mean for young women in the workplace?

In December 2025, the Employment Rights Act was introduced It’s a major step forward for women’s rights at work and it’s going to change things in real and practical ways. Here's what you need to know about it.

We, as young women, have been putting up with unfair and even illegal treatment at work for far too long.  I’ve faced a whole catalogue of discrimination - sexual harassment, bullying and unfair pay - with my rights being violated time and time again.   This is happening to thousands of young women, but often we don’t speak up in fear of the consequences. Standing up for our rights shouldn't come at a cost, but too often it does. We're tired of not being heard. 

We spoke to four young women who are members of our campaign (Rights Here, Rights Now) project group about how this lack of enforcement impacts their pay, their wellbeing and their long‑term prospects. 

Young Women's Trust's Policy and Campaigns Manager takes a look at what Rishi Sunak's five promises to voters might mean for young women. 

Make your new year's resolution to take action and create real, meaningful change for young women. Campaign with us with #CostingOurFutures or help in other ways to support our work.

On Fawcett Society's Equal Pay Day, Young Women's Trust's CEO, Claire Reindorp, examines how the income gap affects young women early and impacts them throughout their lives.

As part of the Keep the Lifeline coalition, we’re calling for a commitment from both prospective leaders to go further and make extra support packages available to low-income households.

Freya shares with us what the £20 Universal Credit uplift has meant for her and asks you to write to the Chancellor to ask him to stop benefit cuts.

In this blog young activist Rox writes about our pre-election panel event. She shares what attending this event meant as an activist, young Disabled woman and a voter.

We started our No Young Woman Left Behind campaign because we don’t think that any young woman should be at the back of the queue as the country tries to cope and recover from the coronavirus crisis.