Can the feminine pronouns be gender-neutral? [closed]

It is indeed an attempt to use "her" as a gender-neutral pronoun. It is likely that the author is trying to even out gender bias, by using "his" and "her" with equal frequency, when a gender-neutral sentence is desired.

It is a problem in English. "Their" is not really a satisfactory word for the purpose, yet the standard "his", used universally, gives a huge male bias to English writing.

There is a trend to mix up the gender of pronouns, alternating between masculine and feminine, rather than to use the awkward gender-neutral formulations like "his or her", or, worse still, "s/he".

Because I work in the software industry; I go out of my way to use "her" or "she" as that's often the only female to be found!