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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For many years, abstinence has been traditionally taught to young girls as a method of protection and self-discipline. However, some say that this method is worn out and unpractical in this day and age. As teenagers’ hormones increase and puberty kicks in, the average age that girls are beginning to have sex is decreasing. In 2012, a total of 5,131 girls under 16 (aged 13-15) got pregnant in England and out of those, 59.8% had abortions. This is proof of why contraception should be taught to young girls in schools, to firstly, prevent any unwanted babies being killed and also to give young girl’s the power to make the right decisions for their bodies.