About the Charter
The Women in Defence Charter was launched to improve gender balance in the defence enterprise, both public sector and private sector.
It is a pledge to work together to build a more balanced enterprise. Signatories are committing to be the very best at driving inclusion and diversity within their organisations and providing opportunities for women to succeed at all levels.
Currently the sector breakdown of women in roles is:
23.6%
12.7%
Proportion of Women in the UK Armed Forces
43.7%
27.9%
Proportion of Women in the UK Defence Industry
Our ambition is to achieve 30% female representation at all levels across the defence enterprise by 2030.
The Commitments
When an organisation signs the Charter, they pledge to deliver five commitments.
Senior Executive
They commit to having an empowered member of the senior executive team who is responsible for signing the Charter
Internal targets
They commit to setting internal targets, where appropriate, for gender diversity in all levels of the organisation and in all functional areas
Publish annually
They commit to providing data annually to the Women in Defence UK Charter for anonymised use in the Women in Defence UK Charter Annual Report
Link pay or objectives to diversity
They commit to having an intention to ensure the pay or the objectives of a senior executive are linked to delivery of any internal targets on gender inclusion and diversity
Progression at Every Level
They commit to supporting the progression of women into senior roles in the defence sector by focusing on the executive pipeline and the mid and lower-tier levels across the full spectrum of roles within the organisation
The signatories
AACE
Accenture
ADS
Airbus
AirTanker
Allan Webb Ltd
Amentum
Aquila
Armed forces covenant
Arondite
Ascent Flight Training
Atkins
Atlas elektronic UK
ATOS
AWE
Babcock
BAE Systems
BaxterStorey
BMT
Boeing UK
Boyden
Brigantes Consulting Ltd
British Army
BT
Capgemini
Capita
Cervus Defence Ltd
Chemring
Civil Service (not agencies)
CJ Cairns Associates
CMS Strategic
Cohort PLC
Costain
Cranfield University
CSOC
CTS Logistics
D Group
Dassault Systèmes
DE&S
Defence Media
DSTL
Empyrea Consulting
Envitia
FAUN Trackway Limited
Forces Employment Charity
Frank Shaw Associates
Frielle
Fujitsu
GE Vernova
General Dynamics
Geometric Manufacturing Ltd
GKN Aerospace
Harquebus
Helsing Limited
Hydro Group Ltd
i3Works
IBM Consulting
IDE Systems
Impellam
Improbable
KBR
KBS Maritime
L3 Harris
Leidos
Leonardo
Lockett Solutions
Lockheed Martin UK
Mace
Made Tech Ltd
Manpower Group
Marshall Aerospace and Defence
Matchtech
MBDA UK
MGNG UK
Mind Foundry Ltd
Mott MacDonald
MRL Public Sector Consultants
Ncounter
Northrop Grumman
OBC RDSC
Occam Group
Orbis
Oxley Group
PA Consulting
Pearson Engineering
Plexal
Ploughshare Innovations Ltd
PwC
QA
QinetiQ
Raytheon UK
Red Scientific
RDUK Rheinmetall UK
Renaissance Strategic Advisors
Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land
RINA Tech UK Ltd
RMMV UK Rheinmetall MAN Military Vechiles UK
Rolls Royce
Rowden Tech
Royal AirForce
Royal Navy
SAAB UK
Safeguard Engineering
Safran
Scan Associates
Scientific Management International Ltd
Scott Aerospace
SensusQ Limited
Serco
Sharing Growth
Sirius Analysis
Skyral
Space Command
SQEP
Squarcle
Stellar Solutions
Submarine Delivery Agency
SYOS
Thales UK
TMD Technologies
Turner & Townsend
TWI Ltd
UKDSC
Ultra
Unify HQ Ltd
Vivo
Verzon Engineering
Vysiion
Walker Precision Engineering
WEAF
Whitetree
WSP