Lockdown one year on: how young women are paying the price for the pandemic
One year since the first lockdown began on 23 March 2020, this new report draws on new research, where we asked young women about their experiences in the last 12 months.
Research
Our research highlights the real experiences of young women. They are at the centre of our research, telling their stories and acting as peer researchers.
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Picking up the pieces
This year we needed to know the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to understand what life is really like for young women in 2020. This research gives a unique insight into the economic, mental, and emotional impact of the coronavirus crisis.
Young Women and Economic Abuse
Our report, Picking up the Pieces found that around 1 in 10 young women reported experiencing forms of economic abuse. This briefing explores the data on economic abuse in more detail and links to support and resources from Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA).
Debt: young women facing constant financial struggle
This report highlights that almost 40% of young women struggle to make their cash last until the end of the month and a third of young mums say they are always in debt.
On the edge
Young women living in London face a triple threat of disadvantage, they are more likely to have lost their job, be shouldering unpaid work and experiencing mental ill health.
Ignored, Undervalued and Underpaid
We surveyed almost 200 young women to hear what impact coronavirus has had on their work, finances and wellbeing.
Budget 2020: young women and economic justice
A pre-budget briefing from Young Women's Trust and UK Women's Budget Group, released in March 2020.
Valuing young women's unpaid work
Designed, conducted and analysed by young women peer researchers currently in unpaid work, our research offers an insight into the unpaid work that young women do.
Impact of sexism on young women's mental health
This study shows a clear link between sexism and young women’s mental ill health including long-term impact, and therefore the urgent need to tackle sexism in all its forms and locations from the earliest point possible.
Young women's feminism and activism 2019
This research shows that nearly 70% of young women aged 18 to 24 call themselves feminist and say that sexism is a major problem in the UK.
Childcare: what young women want
An hour’s childcare is, for many, more than an hour’s wages. The system is unaffordable, confusing and inflexible, leaving many mums struggling financially and unable to work.
Young women demand urgent action on sexual harrassment
2 years on from the #MeToo movement, 1 in 4 young women say they would be reluctant to report sexual harassment at work for fear of losing their job.
Young women's mental health in crisis
This report, published on World Mental Health Day 2019, shows a sharp increase in the number of young women worried about their mental health, with more than half saying that sexism is a major problem and work and money worries are making them ill.
Housing benefit and age discrimination
Young single people are not entitled to the same rate of housing welfare in the private rental sector as those over 35.