As somebody (male-ish) who has made a PhD astrophysics in western Europe, I find this great but surprising at the same time. One thing is that we have here onl

As somebody (male-ish) who has made a PhD astrophysics in western Europe, I find this great but surprising at the same time. One thing is that we have here only 20-30% females starting with studying physics. There is a "pyramid effect" that this percentage decreases with more advances grades (bachelor, master, PhD, professor). There are several theories why it is like this. One contribution is surely the culture which is dominated by men and typical male behaviour patterns (which are sometimes even bizzare for not-so-dominant-men). I worked in a quite interdisciplinary institute, we had collaborations to every continent, but Africa was the least represented. At least everything southern Agyptian. It is very good that there is now >= 1 female holding a PhD in wat Africa :-)