it's not taking anything away from you.

It's taking money away from another program if they win.

I'm a woman but I understand that there are limited resources to go around in this situation, and that while the program may be beneficial and while women may have historically faced many roadblocks, those roadblocks are easier to remove than the roadblocks that many others face. In a voting competition like this, I would wholeheartedly vote for the first program, because I feel impoverished people of every gender face an uphill battle in access to this type of education but I would not vote for the girl-focused program over a program that I view as more beneficial, even if the program is fine.