Swiss voters rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms, as men must do.

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, over 84% of voters rejected the “citizen service initiative” and none of the country's 26 cantons, or states, came anywhere near voting in favor. The revenues were to be used to fight the impact of climate change and help Switzerland meet its ambitions to have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Swiss voters have 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.