https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/03/28/opinion-women-deserve-equality-in-h-1b-lottery/

Monday opens the 2019 H-1B visa lottery. Thousands of companies will file hundreds of thousands of petitions on behalf of their employees and recruits who need government approval to work in the United States. Once the lottery is over and officials review the applications, no more than 85,000 visas will be issued. The vast majority will go to men.

Recent trends in hiring by tech companies have made the H-1B a de facto man’s visa, but it doesn’t have to be. The U.S. government should promote the hiring of women in tech by granting H-1B visas equally to men and women.