It expanded today, including it, as the Scandinavian country seeks to recruit more soldiers and strengthen its defense amid increased security concerns across Europe.
According to a law passed by the Denmark parliament in June 2023, women who reach 18 years of age will be required to register for evaluation days for a possible military service in the 18th year of age, aligned with measures already in force for men.
To date, they have been in the army on a voluntary basis.
“In the global situation in which we are at the moment, it is necessary to have more recruits and I believe that women should contribute to it as well as men,” Katrine told Reuters, a recruitment to the Royal Guard of Denmark, without giving her surname.
In Denmark, volunteers are first registered for recruitment, while the rest of the numbers are drawn up with a lottery system.
The armed forces are in the process of adapting to barracks and equipment that is more suitable for women.
Denmark, which, along with NATO allies last week, agreed to increase defense spending, plans to gradually increase the recruitment period from 4 months to 11 months in 2026 and increase the number of recruits serving military service from about 5,000 now.
Where is women’s term mandatory?
H. Specifically in Norway, the compulsory of female recruitment was established in 2015 and in Sweden since 2018.
In the Netherlands, women’s recruitment is also mandatory, but since 1997 citizens have the opportunity to suspend their military service.
In Israel, the term of office is also mandatory for women as early as 1949. Women are required to serve two years, men three. Since the end of June, the June Jews, who were formerly excluded, have been obliged in military service.
In Africa most countries that impose khaki on women
Most countries with a mandatory military service for women are in Africa. In Eritrea, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mozambique, Green Akrotiri and Niger women should go to the army. The same is true of C Restory, but where compulsory does not apply.
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As for Asia, there is a corresponding provision in Myanmar, China, East Timor and North Korea.
Voluntary the recruitment of women in most countries of the world
In most countries around the world, however, military service is voluntary for women – such as the US, where there are about 200,000 female soldiers, which make up 14% of the Armed Forces.
The same is true in many European countries, such as in Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, France and Turkey. Volunteer is also a term in other Latin American and Asia countries, such as in Bolivia, Japan and South Korea.
What applies to Ukraine – Russia for women’s recruitment
Ukraine and Russia do not even provide for women’s mandate – although because of the war there are many women who are staffing the armed forces of the two states because of the war. According to data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, 68,000 women are currently in the army – 40% more compared to 2021.
‘The Witches of the Night’
Russia also has a unit of unmanned aircraft pilots, which consists exclusively of women and is named “Witches of the Night” – a name that refers to the Soviet Army Women’s Aviation Unit during World War II.
With information from Deutshe Welle and RES – EIA
