Facts & Figures on Women, Poverty & Economics

As an Asian male who grew up in a culture with deep-rooted sexism elements, I found this article very sad. Every time when someone hint that women is in any way inferior, I think about my mother, with her 5th grade level education and a determination to raise us kids well. Both mom and dad work a day job, but when both of them come home, mothers are the ones who take care of dinner, children etc. I grew up with a promise to myself that I will break that cycle of sexism with my own family.

Just thinking about it, what do you think Hackers community can do to make it more warm and welcoming for female hackers? I remember reading an LA Times article recently about how startup culture is inherently male--what can we do to make it more equal in our own community?