4. v75%
of girls with low self-esteem reported
engaging in negative activities like
cutting, bullying, smoking, drinking, or
disordered eating.
Girls believe they are not good
enough or do not measure up in
some way, including their looks,
performance in school and
relationships with family and friends.
7IN10
of American girls
are “unhappy with
their bodies.” This
grows to 78% by
the time girls reach
seventeen.
By age thirteen,
53%
The "dream gap"
refers to the
combination of
barriers that thwart
girls from achieving
their dreams and
realizing their full
potential. Every girl
has a dream, but too
often they are held
back by harmful
gender norms,
discrimination and
lack of access to
rights — including
education, health
and protection.
Young people without
a positive figure of the
same gender are
67% more likely to
be unemployed than
their counterparts. of Fortune 500
CEOs are women.
3%Teens with a
mentor are 55%
more likely to enroll in
college.
FACTS
46%of girls limit
what they say for
fear they won't be liked.
74% of girls
worry their
gender will limit
their dreams.