YMCA Australia, 2014

The She Speaks survey of 1600 young women, ages 15-30 in Australia is the largest survey of its kind “collecting information from young women about their attitudes, perceptions and experiences of leadership”. The report from YWCA and report from the Institute of Social Science Research (ISSR) at the University of Queensland has found young women and girls have strong leadership ambitions, but report experiencing sexism, gender stereotyping and violence.