Huge strides have been made towards transforming the international criminal defence bar into an environment that is safe and inclusive, and enabling of life-work balance. Credit for these efforts goes in significant part to the Defence support staff and their incredible mobilisation. Structural, cultural and procedural inequalities remain. As a legal community we must remain committed to applying an intersectional gender analysis across all our individual and collective decision-making, to ensure gender equality for Defence practitioners, and those whom we represent.