Why are women needed in computer fields?
Computing professionals shape our world by designing programs. Program design is improved when designers better understand users. Having designers from a diversity of gender and ethnic backgrounds will improve designs. In addition, creativity and productivity advance with a richer mix of perspectives and ideas. Moreover, computing needs all the good minds in can find [1]. Is Diversity in Computing a Moral Matter? in inroads, by Deborah G. Johnson & Keith W. Miller.