7 out of 10 girls are interested in science. Only 2 out of 10 will pursue it as a career. Let’s change that. Through the voices of these girls, we celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History month. We support the bright young women who participated in this project and all girls who share our belief in the empowering nature of science and technology.
Microsoft is committed to creating opportunities for all youth. DigiGirlz is a Microsoft YouthSpark program that gives girls the opportunity to learn about careers in tech.I just finished watching one of my favorite science fiction films - Contact (1997) - starring Jodie Foster as Dr. Ellie Arroway. Fortunately, her father warmly nurtured a love for science in her, since she was a little girl, and this steered her passion into a career. Mind you, she faced her fair share of doubt, dismissal and discrimination. For instance, David Drumlin cut off her funding, then years later as her work actually bore remarkable fruit, he nosed himself deftly in and swiftly spoke on her behalf with government officials and the media.
Anyway, the world needs many more people like Ellie's father, and much fewer like Drumlin, and Microsoft is playing its part.
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