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
Hear about Anna’s Visit to CSW69, New York, March 2025
Network 18-30 member Anna, was one of the NCWGB Representatives at the Commission on the Status of Women 2025. Held at the United Nation’s HQ in New York, and focussing this year on the Beijing Declaration, CSW brings together women and girls from around the World. NCWGB members are part of the UK Delegation, featuring the key women’s organisations from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; plus, we form part of the International Council’s of Women. The event covers a wide range of topics and opportunities to network with like minded women – let Anna tell you about her personal journey.
Celebrating Underrepresented Voices – young women’s convention 2024
Coordinated by the Young Women’s Steering group, our November 2024 young women’s conference was called “Celebrating Underrepresented Voices”. We particularly focussed on young women who face additional barriers to making their voices heard, in particular from BME, Deaf and Disabled, LGBTQ+, rural and poor urban communities. We also learnt about the journeys to community advocacy and policy making from inspirational women, including Dame Carmen Smith, the youngest life-peer; Husna Ahmed, Founder of Global One; Vic Brown, Chair of Teesside University LGBTQ+ Forum; and our own Network 18-30 members, Abby who spoke about volunteering as NCW’s representative at CSW in New York; Helena who shared how she set up a Cambridge University campaign to protect women’s reproductive rights; and Cici shared her journey into becoming one of the youngest Councillors in the UK. The data we collected on the day will help form our next steps into overcoming barriers for those most excluded in policy advocacy.
Network 18-30 Campaign to raise awareness of Non Fatal Strangulation and Suffocation
“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
News Updates
Jilly Rogers and Ruth Batty were joined by Network 18-30 members.
Jilly Rogers, NCWGB President, and Ruth Batty, NCWGB's Director for Development, were joined by Network 18-30 members, Abby, Betty, Ella, Georgia and Sian, at Westminster. Organised by Centenary Action, we heard from an inspirational panel of women MP's led by Dawn...
Growing concern for increases in VAWG
Despite the many advances to the rights of women and girls, research shows there is a growing increase in VAWG and misogyny in our schools, colleges and Universities. One of NCWGB's Network 18-30's campaigns relates to members' direct experience of non-fatal...
Good news for women ““ non-fatal strangulation offenders excluded from prisoner early release scheme
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced that prisoners convicted for non-fatal strangulation, domestic abuse, stalking, and controlling or coercive behaviours in an intimate or family relationship, will be excluded from a temporary scheme to cut prisoner...
NCW Network 18-30: Campaign on non-fatal strangulation and suffocation
Thursday, 21 March
Network 18-30 member, Maisie, feels deep concern about the level of sexual violence and harassment faced by women students at UK universities.
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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