Between 2015 and 2017, the number of women in the Armed Forces increased from 25,900 to 28,000. This number is expected to rise due to changes in the military career entry system.
Currently, the Brazilian Air Force leads in female participation, with 10,800 women in the corps. Their entry into the Officers’ Supply Corps was authorized in 1995, and eight years later, in 2003, the institution welcomed the first women into the Pilot Officer Training Course. From the Air Force Academy (AFA), 36 female pilots graduated from the training center and are qualified to fly fighter jets.
The Brazilian Navy was the first of the three Forces to accept women and is the only one to have a female general officer, Rear Admiral Dalva Mendes. Today, it has 8,100 female members in its ranks. In February 2014, it received the first class of female aspirants at the Naval School in Rio de Janeiro. Women’s participation in the 
Brazilian Navy began in 1980, when legislation allowed women to join the Force. At that time, they were part of an auxiliary corps, and their participation was restricted to certain positions and service on land.
The Brazilian Army has 9,100 women. Law No. 12,705, enacted in August 2012, allows female soldiers to serve as combatants in the Brazilian Army in areas previously restricted to men.
To be a career soldier in the Army, a woman must enter, after passing a public competition, one of the following educational institutions: Army Complementary Training School (EsFCEx); Army Health School – EsSEx; Military Institute of Engineering (IME); and Logistics Sergeant School (EsSlog).
A woman wishing to join the Army as a temporary officer or sergeant must participate in the selection conducted by the Military Regions. Temporary military personnel do not have a career in the Army, and their maximum active service duration is eight years.
Source: Portal Brasil