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…ensure women veterans privacy and safety in VA facilities. DAV’s 2018 report Women Veterans: The Journey Ahead identified many of these gaps in VA programs for women and calls for…

…services; provide legal services to homeless women veterans; address specific VA infrastructure needs to support the care of women veterans; expand post-delivery care services for women veterans receiving maternity care;…

…veterans, and more women veterans are using VA services.” Although decreasing in numbers throughout the country, hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) is the second most common surgery among American women…

…concerns. Women veterans are at least twice as likely to be homeless as non-veteran women. Women veterans are also more likely to be single parents with one or more dependents….

…to the effort, and so, if you want to retain good women, smart women, hardworking women, you have to provide for all of their needs comprehensively,” said Beswick. DAV National Legislative…

…veterans from across the nation gathered in Houston for the 2017 National Women Veterans Summit. Unfortunately, as many women veterans set out to attend the event, flights were rerouted or…

…event—the Stand Up for Women Veterans Wellness Retreat in Sioux Falls, South Dakota—in which women veterans were encouraged to not only attend but also bring their children along. Army veteran…

…will focus on the needs and issues important to women Veterans and provide training, information, and guidance to assist women Veterans and their supporters with navigating through VA and community…

…lead the way in changing their culture into one of inclusivity in our comprehensive women veterans report—Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home—released in 2014, and again in our updated report—Women…

…She also turned to her faith and the community of women veterans for support. That connection can be critical in a veteran’s mental wellness, particularly for women veterans, who are…