Women Veterans

Women Veterans are 2.5 times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than non-Veterans, but prevention is possible.

VA offers preventative screenings and treatment for women Veterans with breast cancer or who may be at risk of breast cancer.

VA hosted the 2024 Quadrennial Women Veterans Summit to share better opportunities for the fastest-growing demographic within the Veteran community.

The Center for Women Veterans hosted the 6th Annual EmpowerHer event on October 16.

PCOS is one of the most common causes of infertility in women, but it is treatable.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Coast Guard Veteran Nancy McIntosh, who served as both an enlisted small boat coxswain and an officer from 1977 to 1991. She wrote “The Flood Tide,” an historical novel set during the American Revolution and follows a boatbuilder father and his soldier son. Much of it is set on the Piscataqua River in southeastern New Hampshire where the author grew up as a fourteenth-generation American.

Women’s Equality Day is observed annually on August 26th, and it marks the historic day in 1920 when the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed, granting women the right to vote.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Army Veteran Theresa Kulikowski-Gillespie, who served as a Physician Assistant (PA) from 2009-2012.

In its 7th year, the Salute to Women Veterans welcomed over 100 women Veterans for a morning of recognition.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Marine Corps Veteran Sarah B. Gray, who served as an administration clerk from 2001-2006. She wrote “Millie the Moose Blurts.”

VA’s Center for Minority Veterans (CMV) and Center for Women Veterans (CWV) held a hybrid event on June 18 to mark Juneteenth at VA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

VA’s Center for Women Veterans (CWV) is on the lookout for outstanding nominees for its 2025 Women Veterans Trailblazers “Women Veterans Forging a Path” initiative.