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Young Women’s Trust welcomes plans unveiled by Labour in the Kings Speech to “take the brakes off Britain” and make work pay, and urges that young women’s voices should be included in the design of new policies. 

Young Women’s Trust, the charity campaigning for an equal world of work for young women, has appointed Emma Norris, the deputy director of the Institute for Government, as its new Chair.

Increasing numbers of young women are being discriminated against at work according to new research from the charity Young Women’s Trust, with half (50%) saying that they had faced some sort of discrimination, compared to just over two fifths last year (42%). 

Young Women’s Trust responds to the Autumn Statement 2023.

The latest ONS 2023 gender pay gap statistics, released on Wednesday 1 November, show that women continue to earn less than men with an overall pay gap of 14.3%, slightly down from 14.4% last year.

New data released by Young Women’s Trust shows the stark reality of the cost of living crisis, as the charity warn that young women are on a cliff edge and the gulf between their financial stability and that of young men is widening.

As a member of the Early Education and Childcare Coalition, Claire Reindorp, Chief Executive of Young Women’s Trust, comments on news of British voters’ attitudes to childcare sector reform.

On Wednesday 26 July 2023, the Education Committee published a report looking at the Government’s proposals on childcare, announced in the Spring Budget. Young Women's Trust Chief Exec, Claire Reindorp responds.

Young Women's Trust respond to Labour’s vision for the Department of Work and Pensions.

Young Women's Trust respond to speech delivered by Keir Starmer announcing the Labour Party's plans to overhaul education.

New research from the charity Young Women’s Trust shows that young women, stuck at the bottom of the career ladder, lose out on over £5000 a year compared to young men.

In light of the Autumn Statement, we call for the government to act now as the cost of living crisis is costing young women their futures.