While this does not directly relate to the Wikimedia gender gap issues, I thought many on this list would find the attached news article, which appeared in The National Post (a Canadian Toronto/national newspaper) , to be of interest.  Perhaps we can draw some lessons from it, in particular the treatment of women/women's issues as less important than men/men's issues.

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/07/29/london-2012-steps-toward-gender-equality-steps-backward-at-olympics/

Risker/Anne