Reuters states that, by virtue of the Act adopted by Parliament in June 2023, all women who turn 18 after 1 July 2025 will be required to registry for the alleged day of evaluation, during which a decision will be made on possible appointment.
Until now, women could only join the army on a voluntary basis. However, in 2024 they accounted for about 24 percent of all recruits. In Denmark, volunteers study first for collection and the remainder of the list is determined by drawing.
The Danish armed forces are preparing for change. The barracks and equipment are being adapted to the needs of women. Denmark besides plans to extend the compulsory military service period from the current 4 to 11 months in 2026, and by 2033 it wants to increase the number of recruits from around 5000 to 7500 annually.
Katrine, a recruit from the Danish Royal Rescue Guard, admitted in an interview with the Reuters Agency: "There are various things they request to improve, especially erstwhile it comes to equipment. Now it's meant for men, so possibly backpacks are a small besides big, and uniforms too".
Military service in Poland
In Poland, compulsory military recruitment was suspended in 2010. Since then, the army has been based on professional soldiers and volunteers serving in the Territorial Defence Army and another formations.
However, this subject comes back from time to time in the media space, which can be read more about here. Women can service in the Polish army on equal terms with men.
As we read on the Polish Army website, on 5 March 2025 more than 34 1000 women – soldiers, including about:
21,000 professional soldiers,
7.5 1000 soldiers of territorial military service,
4,000 carrying out voluntary primary military service,
and nearly 1,8,000 people in active reserve and candidate service.
