Young Woman's Voices

Young Women's Voices

Young Women's Voices (YWV) aims to document young women’s experiences of the youth justice ecosystem across Australia. The project will use an innovative ‘sensemaker’ methodology, involving young women in co-designing the study and interpreting the results. 

Anglicare WA is partnering with Anglicare affiliates across the country and researchers from Queensland University of Technology and University of South Australia to improve service delivery for girls through Young Women’s Voices, a three-year project funded by the Australian Research Council. Young women’s contact with the justice system in Australia and internationally has shown significant increases in recent years, but the system is largely designed for young male offenders.

Young women are part of the project every step of the way, from inclusion on the steering group through to contributing to the data analysis. Their voices will help to identify strengths and weaknesses in the justice and human services systems as they experience them. The project aims to discover how the youth justice system, and human services such as child protection, mental health and education that have touchpoints with justice, could be improved to generate better outcomes for young women.

Visit the Young Women's Voices website