ࡱ> kmjg 7bjbjVV <r<r< *TTaaaaabbb8Hb Tb b`b`bvbvbvbccc6888888$ef\accccc\aavbvbHqdddc^avbavb6dc6dd@Zvb`9=)d^68"0n˖zd"˖pZZ\˖alccdccccc\\dccccccc˖cccccccccT `: Jessica Ward This submission is exclusive to the Australian Army as comments/observations can not be made for other services I am of the strong belief that in order to facilitate change in the Army with regards to increasing the enlistment, retention and career progression of females in the Army, we must look at each aspect in detail. A. Enlistment of Women in the Australian Army - I believe that we must first and foremost look at the Army and our recruitment strategies through the eyes of civilian females. We are currently recruiting females who have little to no knowledge of what to expect out of a career in the Army and the plethora of job roles available to them. We are recruiting women who, in the large part, expect to be spending their days with a rifle in one hand and a grenade in the other. In order to make females more aware of what Army life entails why not employ a recruitment strategy targeted at females that involves a tour of their local military base and interviews with females of all ranks/job roles within that base? Why not educate women prior to enlistment on the great maternity schemes etc available to women? We need to make the Australian Army more ACCESSABLE to Australian women and change the pre-conceived mindset the Army is only for those who "rough and ready" Retention of women in the Australian Army - In order to make female soldiers more likely to maintain a long term career in the Australian Army (especially Gap Year soldiers) I believe that in-service females need to play a more active role in the mentoring/training phase of new female soldiers. This can be achieved by placing more females in instructor roles at training establishments, which will not only help to foster a more positive attitude for both male and female recruits/trainees toward women in the Army, it will also paint a clear picture to new female soldiers of the long term career opportunities for women. I also believe that unit's should maintain an Equity Advisor qualified female for gender related issues that may arise throughout a members career. B. Career Progression of females in the Australian Army - As it currently stands Females are not promoted into leadership roles for a myriad of reasons, the main reason being that to make it to any form of substantial rank in the Army you must be from a Combat Corps background (and that is another can of worms). I have heard on many occasions that women are not promoted due to pregnancies and their desire for a home-life balance. From my (albeit limited) experience, the decisions to promote women/men have been on a merit basis and I don't foresee any solution/policy that can be brought about to change the minority of commanders that may promote subordinates due to gender. I do not agree that measures should be put in place to improve promotional pathways for women, I believe that the role should go to the most deserving candidate whether it be male or female, and given that the majority of the Army are male, it is common sense that the majority of leadership roles will be filled by men.      PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1      0123467h@Sh:bmHnHu h_h@Sjh_h@SUh*jh*U hV/hdh*hd }Q T +  "  4567gdqgdmLgddgdV/:&P 1h:pqBP. 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