A commitment to improving gender balance in Defence.
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The Women in Defence Charter was launched to improve gender balance in the defence sector, both public and private.
By signing, organisations pledge to be the very best at driving inclusion and diversity, providing fair opportunities for women to succeed at all levels.
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20 July 2026
New signatories added.
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29 April 2026
"BaxterStorey" and "Verzon Engineering" have been added as charter signatories.
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1 April 2026
The list of signatories to the charter has been updated.
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9 March 2026
The signatory Strategic Command has been updated with its new name, CSOC.
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5 March 2026
The list of charter signatories has been updated.
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10 February 2026
'Women in defence charter signatories' updated.
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8 January 2026
'Women in defence charter signatories' updated.
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27 November 2025
'Women in defence charter signatories' updated.
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9 September 2025
Updated 'Women in defence charter signatories'.
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14 July 2025
Updated 'Women in defence charter signatories'.
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26 June 2025
Updated: 'Women in defence charter' and 'Women in defence charter signatories'.
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11 June 2025
Updated 'Women in defence charter'.
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1 May 2025
Updated 'Women in defence charter signatories'.
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5 February 2025
Updated: Women in defence charter signatories.
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18 October 2024
Updated: Women in defence charter signatories.
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30 September 2024
Updated: Women in defence charter signatories.
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16 August 2024
Updated: Women in defence charter signatories.
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10 June 2024
'Women in defence charter signatories' updated.
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28 March 2024
Updated 'Women in defence charter signatories'.
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15 March 2024
Updated Women in defence charter signatories.
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1 February 2024
'Women in defence charter signatories' updated.
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20 September 2023
'Women in defence charter signatories' updated.
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5 May 2023
'Women in defence charter signatories' updated.
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3 May 2023
Updated 'Women in defence charter signatories'.
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15 July 2022
Updated Women in defence charter signatories list.
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2 March 2022
Updated the list of signatories.
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6 April 2021
Updated the list of signatories to total 53.
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17 December 2020
Updated the list of signatories.
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16 July 2020
Updated the Women in defence charter signatories as of 16 July 2020.
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4 February 2020
Added two new companies to the signatories list.
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8 January 2020
First published.