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Information Technology is playing an increasingly important role in how our societies develop, but women have been largely under-represented in jobs in this field for several decades. This phenomenon has been analysed by feminist researchers as being the result of processes of exclusion or self-exclusion. However, some universities have succeeded in achieving sustainable rates of near-equal representation in IT studies. The aim of this article is to analyze these actions with the concept of social inclusion, and to elaborate a framework that might allow us to think about the inclusion of women in the professional IT world as constituting a change in culture and practices.