Google is adding new emoji, because that’s all it takes to achieve gender equality 💯

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by Sindy Cator on July 15, 2016 at 11:50 am

After last week Google pissed off millions of people when its search engine claimed rather generically that there are only two genders (male and female), the tech giant is now trying to win back the hearts of the public with a new campaign. In an effort to promote gender equality, Google has been working with the Unicode Technical Committee to add emoji that “empower young girls” and more accurately reflect the “diversity of women’s careers” as well as “the pivotal roles that women play in the world.” Yesterday the Unicode Committee has approved Google’s proposal to add 11 new “professional emoji” in various skin tones for both men and women, totalling more…