Norway Closes Gender Gap as Women Military Draft Starts
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Norway is going one step further with gender equality with a historic bill passed today aimed at closing the gap between men and women in the nation’s army.
A new law will require women between the ages of 19 to 44 to join men in 19 months of mandatory military duty. It will apply to women born in Norway from 1997 onwards, with the first service in mid-2016.