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Denmark to conscript women for military service |
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on Tuesday expanded its to include women, as the Nordic country seeks |
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to recruit more soldiers and strengthen its defenses amid heightened |
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security concerns across Europe. |
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Under a law passed by Denmark’s parliament in June 2023, Denmark will |
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require women turning 18 after July 1, 2025 to register for assessment |
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days for potential military conscription, aligning with measures |
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already in place for men. |
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Until now, women, who last year made up around 24% of all recruits, |
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had been allowed to join the military on a voluntary basis. |
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“In the world situation we’re in right now, it’s necessary to |
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have more conscripts, and I think that women should contribute to that |
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equally, as men do,” Katrine, a recruit in the Danish Royal Life |
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Guard, told Reuters without giving her last name. |
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In Denmark, volunteers are signed up first for conscription, while the |
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remaining numbers are drawn up in a lottery system. |
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The armed forces are in the process of making adjustments in barracks |
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and equipment better suited for women. |
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“There are different things that they need to improve, especially in |
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terms of equipment. Right now, it’s made for men, so perhaps the |
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rucksacks are a bit too large and the uniforms are large as well,” |
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said Katrine. |
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Denmark, which together with NATO allies last week agreed to boost |
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defense spending, plans to gradually increase the duration of the |
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conscription period from four months to 11 months in 2026 and raise the |
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number of recruits doing military service from around 5,000 now to |
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7,500 in 2033. |
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