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Conscription, also known as the draft in American English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. [1] Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names.
In the only extended period of military conscription of U.S. males during a major peacetime period, the draft continued on a more limited basis during the late 1950s and early 1960s. While a far smaller percentage of eligible males were conscripted than in war periods, draftees by law served in the Army for two years.
Conscription into a full-time military service had only been instituted twice by the government of Canada, during both world wars. Conscription into the Canadian Expeditionary Force was practiced in the last year of the First World War in 1918. During the Second World War, conscription for home defence was introduced in 1940 and for overseas ...
Conscription in Norway is mandatory and in 2015 it became the first member of the NATO defensive alliance to conscript both men and women on equal terms. Economics student Jens Bartnes, 26 ...
The draft is a hobby horse for Houlahan, an Air Force veteran. She also spearheaded a House bill in 2021 to require women to register with the Selective Service, effectively doubling the draft pool.
Ecuador – 18 (compulsory; conscription is currently suspended until further notice) Egypt – 18 (compulsory) El Salvador – 18 (compulsory) Equatorial Guinea – 18 (compulsory) Eritrea – 18 (compulsory) Estonia – 18 (compulsory) Eswatini (Swaziland) – 18 (voluntary) Ethiopia – 18 (voluntary)
“Project 2025 opens up the draft to all public school seniors for a 2 year commitment,” reads the post. “Private school kids are exempted.” It was shared more than 11,000 times in nine days.
[25] [26] Denmark will extend conscription to women in 2027. [27] [28] In Singapore, conscription of women has recently been a subject of debate. In 2022, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen claimed that the societal cost will outweigh the benefits, and women will have delayed their entry in the workforce. In the same speech, he affirmed his stand that ...