What is insecure work?
Insecure work - sometimes described as precarious work - is employment that is unstable or unpredictable. This blog explains the impact of insecure work on young women, your rights in insecure work, and how we can make change.
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Read stories written by young women about their experiences and find out more about our work with updates from the team.
Discrimination – Your rights and what to do
Learn about your legal rights against workplace discrimination. Discover protections for employees, job applicants, and former employees, including racially minoritised young women.
Equal pay day: We must tackle the gender pay gap early in women's careers
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.
We can tell the PM what a fair world for young women looks like
PM, we would like to invite you to think about what young women need to tackle the unfairness we face every day, so we can make the most of our skills and talents.
The new Prime Minister must deliver for young women
In the week that Liz Truss was appointed Prime Minister, Young Women's Trust CEO, Claire Reindorp, reflects on the challenges ahead for the government and how they must support young women.
I want young women to feel free, empowered and safe
In an ideal world, young women would be actively seen, heard and respected. We’ve come incredibly far, but there is still a long way to go.
Support young women with higher minimum wage
This week, the TUC launched a new campaign to increase the minimum wage. In this blog, our CEO Claire writes about why it has never been more important to ensure young women are fairly paid.
Young women need more help in the cost of living crisis
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.
Things are getting more difficult for young women
Are things getting more difficult for young women? Holly, one of our peer researchers, compares data from our 2022 and 2020 surveys to find out.
If the world was equal, I would have a voice
In this blog, Autumn imagines what the world would be like if work, salaries and benefits were equal for young women.
Young women are at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis
The news about the cost of living increases is everywhere right now and many of us are feeling the impact. Our recent survey showed that young women are particularly struggling, as they come out of the pandemic and into this new challenge.
I worry that nothing is ever going to change
In this blog, Mali shares her worries about the cost of living increases and talks about how flexible work could make a huge difference to her and other young women.