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Norway introduced female conscription in 2015, making it the first NATO member to have a legally compulsory national service for both men and women, [76] and the first country in the world to draft women on the same formal terms as men. [77]
Conscription, sometimes called "the draft", is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service. Men have been subjected to military drafts in most cases. Currently only three countries conscript women and men on the same formal conditions: Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. [1]
Most countries that use conscription systems only conscript men; a few countries also conscript women. [1] For example, Norway, Sweden, North Korea, Israel, and Eritrea conscript both men and women. However, only Norway and Sweden have a gender-neutral conscription system, where men and women are conscripted and serve on equal formal terms. [2]
With conscription remaining an unpopular topic in some countries, NATO is struggling to meet its new goal of having 300,000 personnel ready to be activated within one month and another half a ...
Belgian Armed Forces – Any citizen of a country of the European Union within the age of 18 to 34 (33 for officers) is eligible to join the forces. [7] [8] [9] Bolivia. Foreign nationals resident in Bolivia at conscription age are permitted to join the armed forces, which simplifies their naturalization process. [10]
Nato chief Mark Rutte echoes incoming US president Donald Trump's call for members to spend more.
In 2023, 11 Nato countries spent the equivalent of at least 2% of GDP on defence.
A female honour guard during an exhibition drill portion of the 2019 Moscow Victory Day Parade.. European countries have had varying policies that confine women and military service or the extent of their participation in the national armed services of their respective countries, especially combatant roles in armed conflicts or hostile environments.