MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google wants professional women to be better represented in emoji form.
In a proposal to the Unicode Consortium, which controls specifications for emojis, Google says it wants to create a new set “with a goal of highlighting the diversity of women’s careers and empowering girls everywhere.” The proposal says women – and those under 30 in particular – are the most frequent users of emojis.
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Sample emojis provided by Google in the proposal show several female characters in professional clothing, including business suits, lab coats, medical scrubs and construction hats. One sample emoji even has a pitchfork and a farmer’s hat. Google has also included sample male versions of the same emojis.
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Mountain View, California-based Google wants Unicode to standardize the emojis by the end of the year.
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