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A generation of girls and young women will be failed without urgent action to tackle ‘alarming and growing’ rates of mental ill health, according to the charity Agenda.

With a national lockdown coming into force today, it is vital that the needs of women and girls facing multiple disadvantage are not overlooked in the government response.

Jess Southgate, CEO of Agenda, responds to the "alarming" upward trend in drug-related deaths among women.

Jess Southgate, CEO of Agenda, responds to recent figures showing that suicides among women and girls aged 10 to 24 years has almost doubled in seven years.

We spoke with Rebecca about the root causes of poor mental health for girls and young women.

Vital organisations supporting some of the most disadvantaged women and girls face a perfect storm as lockdown eases, leaving thousands at risk and without support, according to new research.

Mind and Agenda are calling for investment in tailored mental health support for women, following a £1.8m Tampon Tax-funded pilot programme of women-only peer support.

Jane blogs about how working with women’s groups as part of the Women Side by Side programme has given her a new self-belief.

Charities warn of the risk the impacts of the pandemic pose to young women’s mental health as new research lays bare the connection between poverty and self-harm in young women.

Today, more than 40 organisations have written to the Prime Minister to demand that the most disadvantaged women are not ignored by the Government during this pandemic.

Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of Agenda, responds to the government’s rough sleeping statistics for England.

We need to shift to a more gendered understanding of ‘risk’ and ‘harm’ as it affects young people and wider society.