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Its a good thing.
Shows that it is known issue that people are thinking about and, positively or negatively, discussing.
Education.
I’m not sure how it is in other countries, but as far as I am aware, here in Australia, programming is not something that is actively taught or even offered as a possible choice until well into a children’s education. This is a pity, given the worlds every growing use and reliance on tech in everything from tractors to buildings.
Being able to program, or at least understand the fundamentals, is more important than it ever was before.
And it will only become more so.
The way to get more women involved in the game dev world, at least in the future, is to encourage and educate the next generation as best we can.
That still doesn’t mean it will be attractive to women, but at least they’d have been given more of a chance to experience it then we were.
I am doing my small part.
My eldest daughter has taken an interest in what I do on the computer, so I’ve been going over the basics and encouraging questions.
Hope to get her into Scratch or similar soon 
A bit young to get her into C++ or UE4 Blueprinting 