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Even though women are well established into the fiber of the CAF, it is evident that there is an issue with the retention of serving females or the recruitment of new women into the CAF, or possibly both.
The purpose of this article is to examine how the military can serve as a viable and important career option for women. The first section presents a historical perspective on women serving in the CAF, and will outline historical events and trends that led to the involvement of women in the Canadian military.
- Recruitment Process
- Recruitment Marketing and Communications
- Policies, Guidelines and Programs
Based on the experience of completing a CAF application (autoethnography), we recommend nine BI-informed changes to the CAF application to make it easier to understand and to ensure that the information obtained accurately reflects applicants’ abilities. These changes include: 1. Mandate gender disclosure on the application form and include a third...
The Hub reviewed the CAF’s present marketing concepts designed to raise awareness about the large number of career options that are available at the CAF. Based on the present research, the Hub suggested additional messaging techniques. For example, an analysis of interviews and focus groups showed that many women do not believe that they’ll be able...
Evidence from focus groups, interviews, literature reviews, jurisdictional scans, and academic consultations suggests that there are five broad areas that can affect women’s willingness to pursue a career in the CAF. These are: 1. Deployments and relocation; 2. Leave without pay; 3. Childcare support; 4. Long-term commitment/ ability to resign; and...
Mar 30, 2023 · The Department of National Defence (DND) needs to develop recommendations on how the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) can increase the recruitment and retention of women, including in non-traditional occupations in which women are under-represented.
Priorities: Increase the recruitment of women to the CAF Target 2.1: Increase the percentage of women in the Canadian military by 1% per year to achieve a desired goal of 25% by the end of FY 2026. Progress achieved as of March 31, 2020: attention required. Baseline: Percentage of women in the Canadian military was 15.4% as of March 2018 ...
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) set a goal of having women represent 25% of its workforce by 2026 to enable greater diversity and inclusion. Within this context, this article explores the findings of internal CAF research studies to determine why women may (or may not) consider a military career.
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For women, career development advice includes learning how to manage personal responsibilities along with career objectives. Women are also looking for support to address issues related to gender and military culture, kinship and visibility, and surviving sexual trauma in the workplace.
