Clodagh Finn: Teenage girls don't feel safe, supported, confident or equal 

Survey reveals worrying statistics around body image, self-esteem, and mental health — and misogyny among their male peers
Clodagh Finn: Teenage girls don't feel safe, supported, confident or equal 

Back, left to right: Professional racing cyclist Laura Gillespie, the Shona Project ambassador Daisy Drohan, the Shona Project founder and CEO Tammy Darcy, and ambassadors Anjelica Foley and Aoife Hutchison. Front, from left: Olympic swimmer Ellen Walshe and the Shona Project communications manager Ellen Conway.

YOU might have lost your appetite for number-crunching in these inflationary times, but here are two statistics that made me sit to attention.

The first is that just 20% of Irish teenage girls believe they will have the same opportunities as boys.

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