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[Music] Young women face inequality from the
start of their working lives.
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A young woman will earn around a fifth less each year than a young man of the same age.
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This income gap only grows over the course of a lifetime.
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So why does this happen?
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Young women often take on more unpaid work like childcare.
This means they work fewer hours in a paid job.
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Part-time work tends to be paid less than
full-time work and it’s harder to get promoted.
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Young women are more likely to get into lower paid jobs such as in retail, health or social care.
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Discrimination in the workplace prevents young
women from earning what they should.
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Young Women’s Trust aims to address this, to create an equal world of work and raise young women’s incomes.
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Our vision is a world where young women are valued, can make choices and look forward to a fairer financial future.
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Over the next 5 years, we will focus on 2 key goals:
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1. We will give young women a platform to raise their voices and build their power and we will ensure widespread visibility
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of the financial penalty that young women face.
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We’ll do this by: publishing an evidence base about the challenges young women face and the solutions including through our annual survey
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and conducting peer research to understand young women’s experiences,
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bringing young women together with politicians and employers,
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growing our network of young women who challenge inequality and working with them to run campaigns.
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2. We will work towards a more equal world of work.
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We’ll do this by: offering free coaching, information and help with job applications to boost young women’s
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incomes and future prospects, developing a new
service which provides young women with peer and
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professional networks, influencing government
and employers to bring about equality in the workplace.
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We believe that by doing all this, we can raise young women’s incomes and help them feel happy in their jobs and hopeful about the future.
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