TEDxGotham 2011- Reshma Saujani- Girls Who Code

Reshma Saujani is Deputy Advocate for Special Initiatives at the New York City Office of the Public Advocate. In her role, Reshma promotes civic engagement and government accountability while spearheading public projects that focus on spurring citywide job and economic growth including via social/technology innovations. Prior to her Deputy Advocate appointment, she ran for Congress in New York's 14th Congressional District. Reshma was one of the creators of "Hillaryspeaksforme.com" and served on the National Finance Board for the Hillary for President Campaign. She was also the founder of South Asians for Kerry, a group that organized Senator John Kerry's outreach to the South Asian American community for his 2004 Presidential campaign. South Asians for Kerry raised over $1.4 million for Kerry/Edwards 2004 Presidential Campaign.

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[kalm77]

A Great Cause. Not many people who run for Congress will EVER be found mentioning the term "Ruby on Rails or Java" LOL. She is doing unique things.

But it's true, women's roles and expectations can be enhanced for so much more and for the better of society as a whole. We have a tremendous social gap in expectations for mainstream women...the media and pop culture is toxic towards their development

[Haseeb2]

I believe most girls dislike of math and science is partly environmental but has very little to do with them being discouraged. There are certain things which we are totally oblivious to which helps shape the way girls think. If we want girls to be like boys and think like them, we have to start treating them just like boys, but that is just stupid because girls are girls. Instead, girls should be encouraged to explore and pursure what they trully like, not what we want.

[Haseeb2]

There are already quite a lot of white and asian women who are into engineering and technology, but there is a severe shortage of black women however. This largely reflects their interests, inclinations and aptitudes. We can't expect girls to all of a sudden want to become an engineer just because we need more. We should allow girls to go where ever they would like so they can accentuate their strengths and abilities. If most girls don't like coding or math, then so what?

[Haseeb2]

India is not a nation of engineers and doctors.