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DAV hosted Capitol Hill event to highlight new women veterans report
…women veterans—a quickly growing population. The report makes 45 new recommendations to improve federal programs offered to veterans and calls for the establishment of additional services, continued research and changes…
DAV to release new women veterans report at Capitol Hill event
…America’s women veterans—a quickly growing demographic. The report follows DAV’s 2014 publication, Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home, and makes a number of recommendations to improve federal programs offered to…
Women’s History Month: Making history today
…a culture shift happening in today’s military, led by women trailblazers. These women need VA to be prepared for them not just today, but for future generations of women veterans.”…
Making history today
…veterans.” In 2018, DAV released a comprehensive new report, Women Veterans: The Journey Ahead, which evaluates the quality of programs and services currently available to women veterans, and makes recommendations…
Turning passion into action
…produced the comprehensive report Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home to explore the issues facing women veterans and to identify existing gaps in federal programs. Iraq war veteran Kayla Williams,…
Presidential Candidates Q&A
…DAV: As President, how would you reform veterans health care in order to ensure that veterans have timely access to high-quality, veteran-focused health care? Clinton: Veterans must have access to…
Walking a paved road
…assistance, and remarks from women veteran leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs and Military Women’s Memorial. Women veterans continue in prominent DAV leadership roles in the years since first…
Shared hardship
…women lead veterans organizations—especially women who have combat time under their belt. “I think this is all good. I think greater diversity at every level is good for veterans organizations…
Congressional Testimony
…“U.S. Department of Veterans affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2026” Joint statement of The Independent Budget Veterans Service Organizations 11Apr House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: “U.S. Department…
A place of healing
…specifically address the special needs of women veterans. “Women veterans face unique challenges reintegrating in their homes and communities after deployment,” said National Commander Delphine Metcalf-Foster. “They are more likely…
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