“if it’s not figure-headed by someone who looks and sounds like you, it’s easy to understand why people don’t feel policies are representing them or why they aren’t being reflected in the making of policies.”
“I’m proud that the Scottish government has so many female leaders, but I still think they do not sufficiently discuss the barriers they faced in order to ascend to these positions.”
We decided to focus the report on providing deeper insights into young women’s political engagement, representation and activism.
“I’m from a small town in an area, lots of pockets of wee villages with small town mentalities, the way people think about things are not very open. At school we didn’t learn about sexual identities or anything like that.”
In discussions about public figures, numerous young women referenced First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon and the UK’s youngest politician Mhairi Black MP as inspirational figures in Scotland.
Young Gypsy/Travellers are currently facing unacceptable levels of inequality, discrimination, harassment and abuse in every aspect of their lives.
Across Scotland, and indeed the UK as a whole, Gypsy/Travellers continue to be regularly vilified by certain representatives of the media.
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