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Denmark to conscript women into armed forces for first time (www.aljazeera.com)
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[-] letmesleep@feddit.de 15 points 7 months ago

Nope it is uncommon. Equal conscription only has been a thing for a few years in exactly two countries: Sweden and Norway. Neither Finland nor Singapore conscript women. Israel has conscription for women but it's shorter.

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