Bristol Women’s Voice is excited to support young women in Bristol to be heard and to become change makers through our young women’s projects.
Our young women’s series is open to young women aged 18-30 years old living, working or studying in Bristol.
We are currently running a project on young women’s safety in public spaces. We facilitate workshops and consultations, public events, and other sessions to raise awareness and promote change on women’s street and transport safety.
Our previous events and workshops from this series have included:
- Write it up! Writing Workshop for Young Women
- Speak up! Public Speaking Workshop for Young Women
- Group Facilitation Training
- Creative Conversations on Women’s Safety
- Women’s Safety Community Chalk Mural Event
All sessions and events are FREE.
Find our upcoming sessions listed on EventBrite here.
Contact
For more information or just a chat about the project or young women’s series, please contact please contact Willow on youngwomen@bristolwomensvoice.org.uk.
How the project came about:
This project is a result of the ‘Youth Forum for Girls and Young Women (16 – 25) Workshop’ at Bristol Women’s Voice International Women’s Day event, March 2023, at City Hall, where we had the privilege and opportunity to meet a diverse group of young women and to listen to their challenges, visions, fear and hopes.
Many shared that they feel powerless in the absence of a place where their voices are heard, where they can share their stories, speak about the systematic challenges they are experiencing and have no way to actively take part in creating the necessary changes.
What challenges do we face as girls or young women in Bristol?
Sexism, misogyny, sexual harassment, prejudice in work and school – just because of gender, safety during day and night in public spaces and on public transport;
Lack of guys’ recognition of their friends as ‘the problem’ and refusing to call out their behaviour (especially in clubs/bars);
Anxiety around men especially after dark;
mental health care;
lack of confidence;
not having places to talk about issues young women are facing;
bullying and harassment at work and school;
spiking increase
