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Among the NATO nations, and as of the mid-1970s, women were able to attain military status in the following countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Women play a crucial role in the British Army. Since 2018, they have been able to serve in all combat roles alongside male colleagues. However, women have been a formal part of the Army for more than 100 years, and the wider story of their service stretches even further back in time. 10 min read.
Over the last two decades, women have taken on more and more jobs in the British Army. Since 2018, all Army roles have been open to them. But even before that, many female soldiers had been serving on the front line and in war zones around the world.
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Women are still vastly outnumbered by men in the Armed Forces. The Defence Sub-Committee, chaired by Sarah Atherton, has highlighted various barriers to women’s participation. The Atherton report, published in July 2021, criticised a dominating male culture and referred to the Armed Forces as “still a man’s world”. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has...
There has been no clear year-on-year increase in the proportional intake of women in recent years. In the 12 months up to March 2017, women made up 11.4% of new recruits across the forces. This increased to 12.6% in the year ending in March 2020 but fell to 11.8% over the following year. The MoD’s previous target for 15% of new recruits to be women...
The proportion of women serving in the UK Armed Forces is higher than ever before, according to the MoD. On 1 April 2021, there were 16,740 women in the UK Regular Forces, accounting for 11% of total strength. The proportion of women in the Reserves is slightly higher at 15% (5,650 women). Women are best represented in the RAF, where they form 15% ...
The proportion of women in the UK Regular Forces has increased almost every year over the last three decades. In 1990, 6% of personnel in the UK Regular Forces were women. This proportion had increased to 8% by 2000 and 10% by 2010. However, although the proportion of women has continued to increase, the actual number of female personnel is current...
Women are underrepresented in the most senior roles across all three branches of the Armed Forces. On 1 April 2021, 13.8% of all officers in the forces were women. However, there were just 24 women holding senior officer positions (rank OF-6 and above), making up 5.6% of all officers. This is an increase from 2012, when only 1.2% of senior officers...
Yes. Women have long been able to serve in frontline roles such as medical and support positions. However, it was not until 2018 that all roles in the Armed Forces were available to women due to a previous ban on women engaging in ground close combat.
This Insight was updated on 18.01.22 to correct an error. In the previous version, the chart titled ‘Women are underrepresented in senior roles’ used incorrect data. The green bar showed the percentage of women in the Armed Forces, when it should have shown the percentage of women that are officers. This has now been corrected.
Women have been in the RAF for nearly a century – but it took more than 70 years before they were allowed to fly. Julie Gibson made history as the first female operational pilot, paving the way for the women who fly combat jets today.
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