[kookster]

It's a wonderful thing. Folks should make this happen everywhere, in whatever language. It also was a great experience to help out with the event.

In Boston there was a python workshop for women which provided much inspiration for this Ruby one: http://bostonpythonworkshop.com/

There was a similar event some years ago also sponsored by the Berkman Center, with some TAs participating in both: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/genderandtech/2009/10/20/post-w...

And then there is the Ada Initiative, which I think is fantastic: http://adainitiative.org/