Sanderson G&D Presents: Levelling the Playing Field: Gender Equity in Fujitsu Defence

The teams at Sanderson Government & Defence and Fujitsu Defence & National Security are excited to share our podcast, Levelling the Playing Field: Gender Equity in Fujitsu Defence, which has come through joint commitment in fostering diversity in the Defence sectors.

The defence sector remains a male-dominated environment, with women representing just 11.9% of Regular Forces personnel and 15.9% of the Future Reserves. Among new recruits across both regular and reserve forces, only 11.4% are women. The implication of this is far reaching and multi-faceted: it reinforces the perception that defence is not an accessible or welcoming career path for women, and in doing so, can deter female talent from roles in sector and subsequently deprive the sector of diverse perspectives.

In this podcast you will hear the following:

• Real world, candid and inspiring testimony from Anna, Claire and Sarah – senior stakeholders in the defence sector. They provide insight on how they have got their roles in defence, overcome obstacles, and the support received from Fujitsu.
• Paul Creeley provides an insight into his background in the defence sector, how the experience differed but also the commonalities to his counterparts. Paul talks through the ways in which Fujitsu have supported his commitment to promoting, supporting and fostering male allyship in Fujitsu.
• Jess Hartley goes into details on the various programmes undertaken at Fujitsu to drive diverse recruitment, giving a view into real opportunities and training programmes.
• Candidate Q&A – the team at Fujitsu answer your questions in a Q&A segment.

Tune in!

This podcast has been designed to be broad, they are interesting anecdotes and use cases for those already in sector and who are passionate about increasing diversity in sector, as well as those in different sectors who are keen to see what the defence sector has to offer!

Actions/Follow ups

• This will be followed by a five-part series where we zoom in on specific areas within the podcast and explore more
• The Fujitsu team have kindly offered to engage and answer more of your questions – please reach out to @Mollie Hatton, @Adam Seddaoui and @Georgia West to learn more!

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