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Google proposes new set of female emojis to promote equality
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 11.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | Google proposed new emojis representing gender diversity. The new set of emojis includes for instance female engineers, chemists, plumbers, and farmers. Millions of people around the world use emojis, so it is important to represent people accurately.
Image Description | Images of the new set of female emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s)
Google creates 13 new emoji to represent working women in world's fastest-growing language
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 13.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | People have been complaining about the lack of gender equality on the emoji keyboard. Women claim that the available emojis don't represent women fairly (e.g. princess, bride, dancer). The new suggestions include for instance a businesswoman, a doctor, a chef, a teacher, and a musician.
Image Description | N/A
Diese neuen Emojis gibt‘s jetzt auf dem iPhone
(These new emojis are now available on iPhones)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | Another new set of emojis is now available since the new iPhone update. New emojis include the facepalm, a shrug emoji, an avocado, as well as new professions such as astronauts or scientists - as men and women. Especially the facepalm was highly anticipated by many people.
Image Description | Collages of the new emojis.
Image Tags | emojis
Dunkelhäutig, schwarzhaarig, blond - nur dieses Emoji fehlt noch
(Dark-skinned, black-haired, blond - only this emoji is still missing)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 20.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, gender
Summary | Emojis have gotten a lot more socially inclusive lately, representing several shades of skin and hair color, mixing up male and female stereotypes by for instance featuring a prince emoji and a policewoman emoji, as well as adding a gender-non-conforming emoji, and an emoji wearing a hijab. One group however still feels left out and is very vocal in their demand for an emoji that represents them: red-haired people. A petition has been signed by several throusand people but it is not likely that there will be another update to the emoji collection soon.
Image Description | A collection of emojis, screenshots of tweets, and a selfie of a red-haired person.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s)
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