I was recently in Russia and there about 50% in computer science studies were women. We went to some IT companies like Yandex (biggest IT company in Europe AND

I was recently in Russia and there about 50% in computer science studies were women. We went to some IT companies like Yandex (biggest IT company in Europe AND THE competitor of Google in Russia) and there, from walking around, my estimate would be that about 50% was female as well! This can be a tremendous advantage to companies in Russia I feel and it is something that we in the west, be it Europe or the US, should strive for as well.