This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Allow women to apply for UKSF.
At the moment, women cannot apply to join for the UK Special Forces.
I am young and it is my dream to one day be in the SAS, however I am prohibited from doing so merely because I am female.
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The fact that women can't join UKSF doesn't make sense, because if they are fit and clever enough, why should the fact that they are a woman prevent them from joining?
Women should be at least able to participate in selection and if they prove to be less fit or less intelligent than their male counterparts then it will be evident that they will not get in.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
In 2016, the Prime Minister announced that women would be allowed to serve in all close combat roles, including roles in the Special Forces, by the end of 2018. This means that women will be able to apply to serve in the Special Forces by the end of 2018. We're therefore not sure what more you would like the UK Government or Parliament to do.
To find out more about this announcement, you can click on the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ban-on-women-in-ground-close-combat-roles-lifted
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