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Women currently make up 19.2% of the ADF workforce. Women have served in Australian armed forces since 1899. Until World War II women were restricted...

Women have been serving in the military since the inception of organized warfare, in both combat and non-combat roles. Their inclusion in combat missions...

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests...

The recent history of changes in women's roles includes having women in the military. Every country in the world permits the participation of women in...

Women in Australia refers to women's demographic and cultural presence in Australia. Australian women have contributed greatly to the country's development...

Women serve in the Philippine military including in combat roles since 1993. Women initially served in the Philippine military only in the reserve ranks...

The Australian Women's Register is a fully searchable online database which aims to cover Australian women and Australian Women's organisations. It combines...

Australian women during World War II played a larger role than women had during World War I. Many women wanted to play an active role in the war and hundreds...

is a senior officer in the Australian Army. She joined the army as a reservist in 1987 and, following training at the Australian Defence Force Academy...

Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories before and during...

an Australian civilian and military nurse who took part in both World Wars. She has been described as Australia's most decorated woman. During the First...

Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army. Constitutionally the Governor-General of Australia is the de jure Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence...

about women in warfare and the military from 1945 to 1999, worldwide. For the United States specifically, see Timeline of women in warfare in the United...

Women in the Russian and Soviet militaries have played many roles in their country's military history. Women played an important role in world wars in...

Humphries joined the RAAF in 1997 as a Ground Defense officer and underwent training with the Australian Army at the Royal Military College and the School of...

Drummond, the most senior of the Australian nurses, suggested that civilian women and children should start off walking towards Muntok. In an action that...

in 1951 during the Cold War. It was given permanent status in 1959, and the RAN was the final branch to integrate women in the Australian military in...

women in South Korea were the fundamental source of sexual services for the US military and a component of Korean-American relations. The women in South...

is a prominent Australian transgender writer, commentator and former Australian Defence Force officer. She has worked as an Australian Army Officer, as...

the Second Australian Imperial Force. She served in the Middle East until August 1941, when she returned to Australia due to ill health. She left the...