TIME Magazine

Google has promised to do all it can to recruit more women into Silicon Valley, and now the company is launching a $50 million initiative to teach young girls how to code. In May, Google announced that only 17% of its tech employees are women. There will be 1.4 million computing jobs available in 2020, but only 400,000 computer-science graduates from U.S. universities to fill them. Part of the problem is that only 12% of computer-science degrees go to women, and in order for Silicon Valley to survive and thrive, it must be able to recruit more engineering talent from the other 50% of the population. Realizing the extent of the problem, Google is launching Made With Code, a website that includes coding projects, stories from female technology role models and resources for parents. Google has invested a lot more than just money in the project. The company conducted research to determine why girls are opting out of learning how to code: the number of female computer-science majors has dropped dramatically since 1984, when 37% of computer-science degrees went to women. To read further, please visit http://time.com/2901899/google-made-with-code-girls-in-tech/.