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Google wants to pay tribute to professional women through emojis

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Google wants to pay tribute to professional women in a unique way.

Google said it’s proposing a new set of emojis featuring professional women.

There are 13 proposed new emojis. The emojis are a range of jobs that include healthcare, science and education.

13 other emojis will show men in those same roles.

Google said they want to promote equality and empower women.

The proposal was submitted to the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit that creates standardized emojis that are used across different platforms like Apple, Microsoft and Facebook.CNN contributed to this report.