I don't think the point regarding female pilots should have anything to do with this scheme. Is the idea of the scheme to give the opportunity of commercial flying to those who cannot afford to privately fund the training? If so, how is this anything to do with the gender disparity? If not, does it mean that the apprenticeships will be available only to women?
Also, I don't believe any FTO charges women higher fees than men or discourages women from flying so surely the reason for only 4% of commercial pilots being women is because more men want the job than women do!