here in the ice women from holding 48% of all jobs today. the productive gains attributable to this increase account for more than $3.5 billion in g.d.p. growth in those decades. similarly they could increase their g.d.p. by 2020 if they brought more women in the law force. laws and trigs that hold back women hold back entire societies. creating more opportunities for women and girls will grow economy and prosperity. when i first started talk about this there were doubters. they couldn't put the pieces together. but that debate is over.

opening the doors to one's economy for women will make a difference. i want to conclude with the unfished business we face here at home. america must face challenges too if we want to continue leading he word. raveling the world deepened my pride in the challenges we met. it makes me think about who we are and the valley use we're suppose to be living here at home in order to represent abroad. peace, prosperity, freedom, and equality is not a birthright. it must be earned by every

generation. [applause] yes, we have american women at the high levels of business, academia, government, but as we have seen in recent months, we are still asking age-old questions about having to make a woman's way in a male-dominated field. the economist magazine recently published what it called a glass ceiling index. ranking countries with equal pay. the united states was not even in the top 10. recent studies have found that on average, women with shorter lives -- live shorter lives in america than any other industrialized country. think about that for the minute.

we are the richest and most powerful country in the world but many american women are living shorter lives than their mothers, especially those with the least education. that is a historic reversal that rivals the decline in life expectancy for russian men after the disintegration of the soviet union. there's no single explanation for why this is happening. prescription drug overdose has spiked, smoking, obesity, poverty. for too many women, the dream of upward mobility, the american dream remains elusive. that is not the way it is supposed to be. i think of these extraordinary sacrifices that my mother made to give me not only life, but opportunity along with love and

inspiration. and i am very proud of my own daughter. i look at all these young women that i am privileged to work with or no through chelsea -- know through chelsea. it is hard to imagine turning he clock back on them. but on places in america, the clock is turning back. but we have work to do. reeling vitality and strengthening leadership will take the energy and talent of all our people, women and men alike. we need to learn from the women of the world that have blazed a new path and develop solutions on everything from economic development to education to environmental protection. if america is going to lead, we need to catch up with so much of the rest of the world and ratified the u.n. convention on the elimination of all

discrimination against women. [applause] if america is going to lead, we need to stand by the women of afghanistan after our combat troops come home. [applause] we need to speak up for all the women working to realize the promise of the arab spring. we need to do more to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of mothers that die every year through preventable causes and so much more. but that's not all. if america is going to lead the way, we expect ourselves to empower women at home. to participate fully in the economy and society. we need to make equal pay a reality. we need to expand family and medical leave benefits to more

workers. we need to encourage more women and girls to pursue careers in math and science. we need to invest in our eople. that is how america will lead in the world. let's live up to the wisdom of every mother and father. there is no limit of how big she can dream and how much she can achieve. this truly is the unfinished business of the twenty first century. and it is the work that we are called to do. i look forward to being your partner in the days and years ahead. let's fight for opportunity and dignity. let's fight for freedom and equality. let's keep fighting for full participation and let's keep telling the world over and over again that yes, women's rights

are human rights and human rights are women's rights. once and for all. thank you all so much. [applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. >> also at the women in of the rld's submit chelsea clinton moderated a parnl of tech entrepreneurs. his is just over 25 minutes. >> in this household there are eight children. it is a hectic, busy life.

>> my father is working 15-hour days and he's trying to as best as he can to support us. my life was difficult when i lived back in brooklyn. things were had. we did not have much money. i was in the library and the libraryian came up to me and said i think you would be a good fit for this program. it said girls and code and something clicked. i learned everything from robotics and web design. we learned programming languages. -- involved in tech nogs technology has changed my life. i want to double major in math and physics. >> julia is an inspiration to the whole family. >> what i learned from the

program i'm using it to teach my family and my dad. >> i consider her to be a ground breaker because there's not a lot of women in this field. >> there's a whole mess of jobs in technology and computer science. i'm going make it better and no one is going to stop me. [applause] >> we have julia in the audience today. before we start julia will you stand up? [applause] thank you. i think julia needs to be accustomed to applause and recognition. this is the perfect segway from my mother's speech earlier.

she talked about the unfinished business for women and girls here in the united states. perhaps, nowhere is that more ear than in the field of science, technology, engineering and math. sadly, there is an arena that girls and women have lost ground in the united states. in the mid 1980's, about the same time i got my first computer for christmas. girls were at least 35% of the computer science graduates. in 2006, that dropped down to 20% and last year it was 12%. clearly, not only what we're doing is not working but we're failing. but there are many bright spots that illuminate a different way forward. that's what we're going to talk about this morning. joining me is the founder for girls.

we have the founder of task rabbit, which i'm sure many of s in the audience use. esther, the senior vice at ident of brand marketing at mvend t. and the founding partner of partner venture that invests in start-ups. want to start with you. the u.s. department of commerce said we need a million more graduates in sims that is on track to fill the jobs that will exist in 2020. you hope to touch a million girls and women probably not a coins denal number to ensure are in ls and women

science. how are you going to do that? >> we need to find a million for julias and they are out there. it starts with acknowledging that girls and boys are good at math and science about the same. we live in a culture that tells girls that math and science and computers are not for them. i can walk into a for ever 21 and buy a t-shirt that says mat sucks. >> can you buy a shirt that says math is awesome? >> yes, we should make those soon. for everyone to tell the young girls in their life to go into computer science. secondly, julia wants to change the world. when she is thinking about what she wants to do next, that's what she's thinking about. we asked her, what are you thinking about computer science?

she said i think about a guy typing at a computer. that is not exciting. we're teaching girls how to code and we're exposing them to entrepreneurs and we're taking you to facebook and twitter on how you can change the world. one of my young girls, cora, her father was diagnosed with cancer. she wanted to save her dad's life. she learned how technology to do that. she created an algorithm um that or ts if cancer is benign malignant. she's 16 years old. [applause] that is powerful. >> you went into college wanting to be a dance major and you came out as a double computer science

math major. >> i kept my minor in dance but yes. >> what happened and how do we ensure more women understand when they get to college with one vision maybe something else could be more dynamic, particularly in the field? >> it is interesting. for me it started back in elementary and high school, which is why i'm so passionate. i had early teachers that really empowered me to love math and love sciences. they were female teachers. i don't know if that made a dirns or not. for me, at the time, i looked to those mentors as leaders an wanted to be like them. when i went to college i went to a small college sweet briar college. maybe you have heard of it. i went into college thinking i was going to be a dance major and i was a baller reyna and i

wanted to dance in a -- ball recent that and i wanted to dance for a company. when i got to sweetbriar i took my basic math and computer courses. again, the professors were so engaging and so interesting and not only teaching us this is how you code but this is what you can do with it. i remember taking projects back to my dorm room and showing my roommate about this robot i'm building and being so excited about what i could build with my own hands and my own thoughts. that was really exciting to me so i followed that passion. >> great. sheryl said her being so forward with lean-in has been a great recruiting tool for facebook. you've been so out in front with at&t. has that helped to recruit more

women? >> first of all, i think the great thing about what sheryl has done for us is raise the conversations across the board rooms in the country and across the world. the beginning of solutions is to raise the consciousness. that is reelly important. i would never take away anything -- there's so many amazing women at at&t. we can shine a light, if we think about where technology has come. n the 1980's, it was about the micro processer. then in the 1990's, it was about the internet, which obviously opened the door. today, it is about mobile technology. with mobile technology it is about managing our lives. it is about educating our kids and entertaining our kids and managing our homes and things like that.

i think today there is a line of sight to a participation of women in this field that is really important. we need to open up that door and make sure women know how great and creative this field is. >> we were talking earlier that kids born today are not just digital natives they are mobile natives. >> absolutely. >> i would be curious, how did the changes in mobile influbses how you invest? >> we've invested in 46 companies. we've had 16 exes and a lot of companies we invest in have a mobile layer. i think it is important to have that mobile presence on the internet. absolutely, just to share extra

numbers. we have 10%-15% of our companies founded by women. we want to improve that. i would like to pledge today to encourage our recognition in that and the ability to invest in the companies as well. >> so more julias. >> exactly. >> what is it like to be a woman founder in what is pretty unicipal a male dominated -- met much a male dominated society in the silicon valley. >> i never really thought about it. i wake up every morning and i think about what i can do to push my company in the next 24 hours. c.e.o. think i'm a woman i just think i'm a founder, i'm a c.e.o., what do i need to do

today? i think that started with me going to a women college, sweetbriar college. it empowered me to have that mindset because when i graduated with a mat and science degree i entered i.b.m. as a programmer. worked there working on lotus products and surrounded by mostly men. i knew i wanted to be there and hat i deserved to be there and that i'm passionate about building things and products. that is what is at the forefront of my mind and keeps me going. >> my mother spoke publicly about how important it is to go o go a women's college and her development and helped with confidence. how do you ensure that the girls and the girls who code, program know about not only stories

about leahs but other story that were not so self-evident. she had this confidence that just came through and didn't think about it. but a lot of girls being a girl is a prominent thing because other people make it prominent to them, their school environment, home environment, their friend. how do you help girls get through that? >> i think confidence is the number one thing to give to girls. when we first started they were scared to raise their hand. they did not want to describe themselves. when they first did coding they wanted to give up. but for us it was teaching about the importance of failure. teaching them about the try and try again. the key part of code and launching code clubs in high school. we're making sure that we are inviting female sbrures and

having them talk about -- entrepreneurs and having them talk about and learn how they build a business. they can see people who look like them. that is important for the girls of color. i couldn't find one black female engineer in the entire city. can you imagine that? for these girls -- it is so funny we just had the application process at google and we saw all these african american women and latin american women come in saying i want to learn how to code, teach me. [applause] e of my girls came here from another country and they don't give them culture in technology. so we had to teach her how to use a mouse. eight weeks later she built a website on how to teach other girls on how to code in 32 different languages. >> wow.

[applause] >> we focus on that. if we commit to them, if we aeat -- girls for code is not nonprofit organization, it is a movement. you wrote about this, it is the most domestic issue of our time. the train is leaving. it is leaving and we need to make sure our girls are not left behind. >> if we leave our girls behind the train is leaving without all of us. you spoke about that girl and how she was not exposed to technology. there are sadly countries in the world where girls are not allowed to major in this field because it is deemed unfemme anymore. i'm curious, because you brought mobile into the conversation. ow do you think mobile devices can change that structural

barrier around the world so girls can understand what computer science or technology and enjine nearing can do and -- engineering can do and they can educate themselves in 32 languages or more on how to code and ultimately franchise themselves? >> i think mobility -- smartphones is just the beginning. one of the things we're working on is home automation. think about the life that goes on in your home and car. turning on the lights for your kids, things like that. we're getting into a place where it is about life spaces, it is not just about productive. is is where we need -- productivity. this is where we need women. we had a conference in las vegas in january and there were hardly in women. but as an example of type of technology that was created, the

program am used this that measures your mood and uses our call management platform to eate a new technology that finds your mood and decides to send it to voicemail. [laughter] so they demonstrated it there. >> wait i did not turn off your phone call it was my mood. >> the point is, when we're dealing with technology being apathetic and imagining our lifes we need more women at the table. we know that innovation gets maximized when we have a diverse team. so women help to make those teams more experimental. there's lots and lots of reasons why we need women at the table. >> you spoke earlier about the

15% after your portfolio on women-founded companies and you have an appreciation for women-founded companies. do you see a difference between the 15% of the women-founded companies and the 85% that aren't? >> difference in what? anything. >> oh, i think women try harder. part of the business is you have to get used to hearing no and saying no. get use the more noes you hear the closer you're getting. one example how we're reaching beyond silicon valley. we invested in a company recently and i'm proud to say they are the number one

furniture application in japan and taiwan and number three here in the united states. that is the example of women's-led organization. it is photo sharing on mobile devices. i think it is amazing. coming from silicon valley it has taught me to look outside silicon valley for opportunities and support international women as well. they are just as smart as folks in silicon valley and they are coming up with innovative solutions. so that is something we look for. when the girls graduate from the program, what are the top three aspirations they have? >> maria wants to be the first latina president coder. so there's one. all of our girls -- when we started only one of our girls want to jare in c.s. when we finished all of them did.

they want to have the skills set of coding. i think they appreciate -- it's a skill they will need to complete in the world. secondly, i think one of the powerful things about what they are doing, is they aspire to share their knowledge with others. all of our girls have started teaching other girls how to code. have petitions their professors and principals to launch code clubs in their high schools. one of our girls is going to go to bangladesh this summer and she's going to teach girls how to code. they have the knowledge of something powerful and there's a sisterhood they are committed to. they are committing to changing the jerned parity in this country and abroad. they are soldiers in this movement. [applause] >> talk a how important it is to

have women at the table around any decision, particularly as technology kind hoff expands into more and more parts of our lives. how at task rabbit do you make sure you have the diversity defined. good question. for some reason we've been lucky and recruit ct more women than men. it is possible. absolutely, it is possible. >> probably. >> i think it is the culture that we built. in particularly in the product in engineering we're the team of about 16 engineers. we have two female engineers, which is unheard of that ratio in the valley. we have four female product

designers and all three of our competitives, including myself on the management team are women. we just brought on recently a c.r.o.. went out and did searches and interviewed hundreds of candidates and ended up hiring two very strong female leaders. so i think it is important to recruit and retain. that female perspective on these teams. i think the other component, particularly with a business like task rabbit where our membership and our users are predominantly women, are predominantly women. women make up 50% of the consumer decision power in this country. so to have that female perspective in our company so we can reach our consumers with