Women playing greater part in armed forces around world | World news | The Guardian
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Women are playing an increasingly important role in the military across the world since they first began to be included in the armed forces from the early 1970s.
According to Elizabeth Quintana, head of Airpower and Technology at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), there are a number of countries that allow women to have frontline roles, including Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany and Israel.
She was speaking after Australia’s landmark decision to open up military frontline roles to women.