Point to sign for females (5)
I believe the answer is:
women
'for females' is the definition.
(woman is a kind of female)
'point to sign' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'w' (West).
'to sign' becomes 'omen' (omen is a kind of sign).
'w'+'omen'='WOMEN'
(Other definitions for women that I've seen before include "Adult human females" , "Ladies" , "half of our race" .)