 From VOA Learning English, this is the technology report in special English. American colleges and universities awarded about 1.7 million bachelor's degrees in the school year ending in 2010. 57% of those receiving degrees were female. But only 18% of the women earned degrees in computer and information sciences. Reshma Sajani would like to change that. She launched an organization called Girls Who Code in 2011. Her goal is to get more girls interested in science and technology. In the next 20 years, experts estimate there will be about 1.4 million new jobs in science and technology. But there is a problem. Reshma Sajani says less than 20% of women are actually going into these professions. So there is an enormous gap. The underrepresentation of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics called STEM is a problem. Reshma Sajani says it is caused by a bigger social issue. She says girls and boys perform about the same in math and science. So it is not an aptitude issue. Reshma Sajani says we live in a society that sends messages that girls should avoid these fields of study. Girls Who Code has partnered with educators, engineers and business people. 20 girls took part in the group's first program last summer in New York City. They learned how to build websites, mobile apps and create business plans. Still it is only a beginning. Reshma Sajani says if our goal at Girls Who Code is to really close the STEM gap, we realize we have to teach 2 million girls how to code in the next 20 years. For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villareal.