The MsUnderstood Programme aims to improve local and national responses to young people’s experiences of gender inequality. Check out our website.
The MsUnderstood Programme aims to improve local and national responses to young people’s experiences of gender inequality. Check out our website.
I’m tired of waking up to claims that young people can’t be bothered to vote and therefore the lack of policies in our interest is our fault. Our collective weariness with an environment that does not seek to include us is often wrongly conflated with the idea that we are politically apathetic. Everyday party rhetoric, in language and content, prioritises the interests of older, middle-class white men and routinely ignores young people. But shouldn’t party politics be adapting to us; the people who will be shaping this country’s future, instead of those who will come to depend on us or already do?
Tamara-Jade Kaz in “Young Women in the UK Defy Stereotypes of Political Apathy Through Social Media”
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In October this year, on International Day of the Girl, the MsUnderstood Partnership held our first annual conference - ‘Our Version of Events’ - at the City Hall in London. The idea behind the conference was to inspire and engage young women and girls by giving them a chance to discuss and develop ideas about the issues the MsUnderstood Partnership exists to explore and challenge: namely young people’s perceptions of gender inequality, sexism and racism across the media and wider society, and the demonisation of young people. Attended by more than 70 young women and girls, the day was hugely inspiring and a great affirmation of how young people can and should be the ones leading positive change. The day was created and lead by young women for young women, featuring presentations and workshops from the Girlguiding movement, the Birmingham Youth Empowerment Project, The Greater London Authority Peer Outreach Team and Imkaan’s Young Women’s Team. Tackling a variety of issues including Human Rights, influencing social policy, engaging girls and young women in politics and challenging discrimination in popular culture, one young women said the conference “Made me feel stronger. That my opinion does matter, that a difference can happen.”