YWCA England & Wales

YWCA is the leading charity working with the most disadvantaged young women in England and Wales.
YWCA ywr brif elusen syn gweithio gydar menywod ifanc mwyaf difreintiedig yng Nghymru a Lloegr.

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In 2007, women aged 18 to 21 working full-time earned £6.96 and hour compared to men the same age who earned £7.28

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Hazel says: "I was expelled from school at 15. I felt like there was nothing else for me to do so I started drinking and taking drugs."

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From April 2007 to March 2008 we helped 289 young mums or mums–to-be learn parenting skills

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Many women develop alcohol problems after they have become victims of domestic violence

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56% of British black women prisoners had been imprisoned for a drug related offence, more than twice the proportion of white British women