Network 18-30
For young women concerned about societal change
Network 18-30 is our peer support group, bringing together younger women with a desire to improve rights for women and their communities. Network 18-30 are members of NCW with full voting rights, and benefit from dedicated projects, a young women’s steering group and your own publications.
Network 18-30 membership offers the opportunity to engage with the vision and historic experience of a national organisation with international connections. Our organisation has supported young women like you for over 125 years. If you share our aims, caring about the challenges facing humanity, about inequality and disadvantage, we would love for you to become our future.
Many of our NCYW participants stay with NCW by joining Network 18-30, however any young woman can join us.
Join other young women who:
- Represent NCW at the United Nations in New York and Geneva, producing reports and presentations for NCW policy
- Propose resolutions at NCW’s Annual Conference, so they can be taken forward to Government
- Participate in our Young Women’s Steering Group to help guide the actions of Network 18-30
- Lead debates with support from NCW Management Committee
- Visit schools and universities to give presentations
- Become Trustees and join NCW management committee
- Create leaflets, posters, newsletters and information distributed both nationally and internationally
“I belong in NCW because I agree with its approach of engaging women in working for societal change, in working slowly but steadily for concrete and substantial legislative change, and in its positive approach to advocacy, carried out over a backdrop of friendships and mentorships.”
Helena Trenkic, Network 18-30 member
Network 18-30 is looking for young people with enthusiasm who are willing to share their experiences and views on issues which affect women and girls. It will help if you have a strong drive for change and the initiative to use and develop your individual skills, however we welcome everyone with a passion for change. Whether you are experienced or a new starter, you’ll receive support and guidance from more experienced members who are keen to help.
Joining Network 18-30 is a flexible commitment, where members can give as much or as little as they’d like.
For more information, email info@ncwgb.org
Network 18-30 Reading list
Our reading lists offer useful information to assist you as an active citizen, in your studies or when researching NCW issues. The books have been chosen to illustrate and challenge NCW’s wide range of concerns and to make suggestions for addressing societal problems.
We expect them all to be reliable sources of information. If you come across anything you’d like to challenge, please let the Network 18-30 Coordinator know via the NCW office at info@ncwgb.org
All Network 18-30 members can make suggestions for the reading lists. To do this, contact the Coordinator at info@ncwgb.org and include a short description of the content you’d like to recommend.
Several Network members have suggested a book discussion group. If you’d like to set one up do let the Coordinator know at info@ncwgb.org.
“I see Network 18-30’s role as a platform in which young people can offer pioneering new initiatives to broaden the work and reach of NCW in a world of increasing geographical mobility and virtual services, and also to offer young women the opportunity to undertake work with NCW that will inspire them to be an advocate of gender equality for life.”
Helena Trenkic, Network 18-30 member
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