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Young Women’s Trust joins 100 organisations urging Boris Johnson to reconsider Universal Credit cut

ONS finds 43% of women aged 16 to 29 years experienced depression in 2021. 

Joe Levenson, Director of Communications and Campaigns responds to the new lockdown announcement and the Chancellor's relief package to help businesses through the next lockdown.

A major new report and polling from Young Women’s Trust has found that an estimated 1.5 million young women have lost income since the start of the pandemic and over two thirds (69%) of young women claiming benefits this year say they did so for the very first time.

Young Women's Trust responds to Prof Calum Semple's appearance on BBC News this morning, where he said that a rise in hospital admissions for coronavirus included women aged 20 to 40, who were at risk of exposure to the virus because of their work in hospitality, care homes or because they were parents of schoolchildren.

Before coronavirus, there was already a crisis in mental ill-health among young women, so many of whom face daily discrimination and sexism resulting in financial hardship. So today's statistics are unsurprising given the overwhelming number of young women who have told us during the pandemic that it has exacerbated this situation.

Today’s ONS figures showing a slump of nearly a quarter of a million in employment in the UK in the last quarter is deeply concerning news for young women. We know that women and young people have been on the front line of the economic and domestic fall of out this crisis and risk being left behind in its wake.

For many young women who have spent the last four months working from home juggling unpaid care responsibilities and protecting their health, the reports that the Prime Minister will be ordering workers back to the office will be a worrying message.

Young women have borne the economic and social brunt of the coronavirus crisis, from job losses, increased childcare responsibilities, untold hours of unpaid work and an increase in domestic violence.

We respond to PM's New Deal speech as it offers little support for young women.

Joe Levenson responds to a new report from Women's Budget Group.

Young Women’s Trust Covid-19 fund hits target and now aims even higher.