Accessibility and women

This week's London UK UPA meeting had a lineup of four women talking about accessibility: Professor Helen Petrie of City University, Kath Moonan of Poptel Technology, Bhiru Shelat of System Concepts (replacing Allison Tynan of System Concepts) and Leonie Watson of Nomensa.

Is this a first for a tech-centred event? Are women more concerned about accessibility and other human-related issues than men?

This is at least a counterweight to the recent complaints on Misbehaving about a lack of women speakers.