Several studies show that national service increases civic engagement, helps develop critical life skills, and has “a positive impact on young adults’ health, safety, and well-being.” It also should ...

The result comes as no surprise: in the referendum held in Switzerland on Sunday, neither the planned extension of compulsory national service to women nor the introduction of a tax on very large ...

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss voters on Sunday decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms, as men must do already. In a referendum, ...