Ukraine and Russia certainly do vastly better in gender balance in programming than western countries, but that's counterbalanced by the fact that Ukrainian ref

Ukraine and Russia certainly do vastly better in gender balance in programming than western countries, but that's counterbalanced by the fact that Ukrainian refugees are almost all women, children and the elderly. Men of fighting age aren't allowed to leave. And even in Ukraine, most programmers are men, so it may not lead to an influx of skilled people as you'd imagine.