In promoting freedom and equality, democratic countries around the world have recruited and admitted women into their militaries. By opening the doors of a highly patriarchal institution to women, governments are said to support gender equity and equality. However, the enlistment of women in the military remains a heated topic of debate and controversy, as women, across all branches and ranks in the military, continue to face institutional-based discrimination. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) defines discrimination as “any distinction, exclusion or restriction on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of preventing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women regardless of their marital status, on a basis of equality between men and women." women, human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field" (United Nations General Assembly, 1979). CEDAW aided the inclusion of women in the military but not their integration. Like many other institutions and organizations, the Armed Forces have policies and practices that produce differential and/or harmful effects on the minority, while favoring the majority or dominant group ( Pincus, 1994 ; Pincus, 2000 ). Following the claims of Krosnell (2005) and Prividera & Howard (2012), the Armed Forces as an institution governed by men has produced and recreated norms and practices that discriminate against women. First, in the recruitment of Armed Forces personnel, there is a policy that limits the number of women accepted. In the Philippines, for example, regular recruitment across the military limits the number of women, and women continue to be emphasized by both individuals and groups. institution in the assignment of roles and responsibilities. Authentic integration of women into the institution can only be achieved when women feel that: they are not devalued and discredited because of their feminine characteristics; they do not differ from their male colleagues based on their physical and emotional abilities; and are free to reach their full potential. These rules and reforms mentioned above are already set out in various instruments; in the Philippines, for example, these provisions are already incorporated into the Magna Carta for Women, approved and implemented since 2010. What is needed here is the political will to implement the provisions and make them successful so that institutional discrimination in is aimed at the Armed Forces – and others.