So basically what is going on is...
We have a mandate to get women involved in technology companies.
Using that mandate we got funds so that we could basically create 5 pitches for 5 women for video games (These fund have already been requisitioned.)
We created a contest where any woman could come up with an idea for a game (The idea would be licensed under Creative Commons), we would choose the 5 best ideas and then get concept artists to visualize them (These aritst are in a developing country and are being paid for their work.) We'd put those "pitches" and people would vote on them. The one with the most votes would go into crowdfunding with a game development studio (We already have the studio and we have worked up a budget) and people could donate money to make the game. The studio would make the woman's game, the profits for the game would then go to charity. If we didn't raise enough money then she could keep the pitch and do what she wants with it.
The other 4 women get to keep their pitch and do whatever they want with it.
All we have got is negative feedback from the female game community.
We don't know why, we think it's the name, but we find it hard to deal with the female game community.
Any help would be apperciated. English is not our first language.