[as1mov]

I am from India, where the representation of women in the tech field is pretty good. I don't know about any other countries, but at least here, for most of the middle/lower middle class families, "CS/EC engineering" is one of the only way to get a cushy job in a safe environment, that pays well. So a large part of the population regardless of the gender, is attracted to it. There's also the factor of major influence parents have in their children's education/future. I am willing to wager a good part of the people who came into IT field here, only because their parents pressured them to take up CS/EC engineering. Keep it in mind though that this only applies for electrical/computer science. The number of women in Civil/Mechanical engineering is abysmally low, probably because the work is physically strenuous.

I've noticed here is that the number of people who are genuinely interested in computers/programming is very less. A large part of the workforce (both male and female) only considers it as their job, it's not something they would do in their free time. This is kinda depressing because it's hard to find people here who are genuinely interested in computers. :/

I don't know how true this is, but maybe the tech field in US consists mostly of people who are actual geek/nerds (who happen to be males). So maybe to hire more women, instead of favoring them at the time of hiring, it's much more beneficial to foster interest in computers at a young age. Maybe work towards removing the bias people have that programming/computers is a "nerds" hobby, and people regardless of gender should be able to take it up without much stigma.