Providing girls and women with opportunities and role models has enabled them to succeed in fields once considered off limits. We must do the same in technology so that women do not fall farther behind in the economy of the future. In the economy of today, women only earn 76 cents for every dollar that a man makes. Women represent 70 percent of adults with incomes below the poverty level. The Fortune 500 list has only two women CEOs.
Women still have obstacles to overcome, whether inside the classroom or the boardroom.
Only by working together to give girls and women equal opportunities to succeed in the 21st century can we overcome these obstacles.