I agree that this is an issue that is best tackled by early education. In the UK Computer Science is begin taught to all students from Year 1, as of September.

I agree that this is an issue that is best tackled by early education. In the UK Computer Science is begin taught to all students from Year 1, as of September. We've currently been delivering CS at my school for only a year, but I'm pleased that a third of the students that have _chosen_ to study GCSE CS next year are female students. This ratio will no doubt continue to increase, as students have a greater exposure to CS in earlier years. I have little doubt that the gender imbalance amongst developers and academics in the field will decrease as time goes on, and hopefully this will cease to be an issue in the future. Incidentally, as I write this comment I have three 11 yo students working in my room, all coding in JavaScript, voluntarily, after school. They are all female.