{"id":27359,"date":"2024-03-14T06:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27359"},"modified":"2024-03-14T06:19:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:19:59","slug":"denmark-to-start-conscripting-women-for-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/03\/14\/denmark-to-start-conscripting-women-for-military-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark to start conscripting women for military service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Denmark has announced plans to extend military conscription to women for the first time and increase the standard service time.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It also wants to boost its defence budget by nearly $6bn (\u00a34.6bn) in the next five years to meet Nato targets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We do not rearm because we want war. We are rearming because we want to avoid it,” said PM Metter Frederiksen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tensions in Europe have spiked since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Unveiling the reforms on Wednesday, Ms Frederiksen said the government was seeking to achieve “full equality between the sexes”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Meanwhile, Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said: “More robust conscription, including full gender equality, must contribute to solving defence challenges, national mobilisation and manning our armed forces.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Women in the Scandinavian country can already volunteer for military service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Now the government plans to introduce female conscription from 2026, making it only the third European nation – alongside Norway and Sweden – to require women to serve in the armed forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It also says the conscription service will be extended from four to 11 months for both men and women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year, 4,700 people served military service, of which about 25% were women. This number will be increased to 5,000 per year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Denmark’s armed forces currently number about 20,000 active personnel, including some 9,000 professional troops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The country, which has a total population of nearly six million, is also raising its military spending from the current 1.4% of GDP to 2% to meet targets set by the Nato military alliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year,\u00a0lawmakers voted to abolish a springtime public holiday to boost spending on the military.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Denmark has been one of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine, providing it with advanced weapons and funds, and also training Ukrainian pilots on US-made F-16 war planes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Two Nordic countries – Finland and Sweden – have recently joined Nato, as the alliance is bolstering its defences in Europe following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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