deb liu and other women product execs are trying to change that.liu to discuss why she is launching this effort now. >> we have hosted different women product managers from selecting valley at dinner every couple of months -- from silicon valley at dinner every couple of months. women are speaking, recruiting, talking to folks. we said, why isn't there something similar for women in products? at -- at dinner, we decided why don't we put one on themselves. there are women across multiple companies putting this together. emily: we've been talking about a lack of women in tech and in engineering, specifically. women in product or people in product don't need to have an engineering background, but what are the unique issues that face women in product roles? deborah: a lot of people do have technical degrees, but it's not required. if getting into the field, it helps to have a technical degree. less than 20% of the degrees in engineering are earned by women. emily: facebook, the leadership of said -- of sheryl sandberg, very focused on this issue. faceb