There are more progressive leftists in power in tech than ever, yet female representation hasn't gone up. How much evidence do you need before you think they might be wrong? I'm from Sweden which initiated these kinds of programs 30 years ago, and it didn't do anything at all except alienate men who were excluded from the programs. There aren't more women now than back then in tech and engineering.

The only things that really worked was to create softer versions of degrees. Like make computer science program with a focus on UX or design, then you get a lot of women applying. You still wont get more women into the more technical roles, but at least you get more women's perspective into the industry. Also you know how so many say that communication skills is the most important part of their job as a software engineer? Why not just make a degree related to that directly? Women would flock to such programs.