Women Veterans

Hello, I’m Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. I’m honored to help celebrate Women’s History Month, pay tribute to women Veterans, and thank our VA women Veteran employees.

The Military Sisterhood Initiative is a free social platform that connects women Veterans to a national peer support community.

VA’s Women Veterans Health Care Program which is designed to ensure timely, continuous care throughout different stages in a Veteran’s life.

Pregnancy is an exciting time, but women may feel confused about what to eat, what to avoid, and how to achieve a safe and healthy pregnancy.

VA and DoD collaboration offers women's health transition training. Register now for virtual and on-site sessions.

Doctors said she'd be paralyzed from the neck down. Twila Adams proved them all wrong and said wheelchair sports changed her life.

A VA study found that some Women Veterans had developed unhealthy eating habits such as binging, eating quickly, stress eating and extreme dieting. Often, those habits carried over into civilian life.

More than 100 women Veterans received information and services about benefits at Oklahoma's First Annual Women Veterans Benefits and Resource Fair held recently in Del City, Oklahoma.

WISER and ROVER recovery programs are intensive and require Veterans to leave the world behind for five weeks. Read the valuable descriptions of what they experience and how it helps them recover.

Halli Lannan knows she’s not your usual image of a fashion model. That’s why she walked the runway during Fashion Week. With two master’s degrees, her Ph.D. dissertation has been slowed by chemotherapy.

Three times as many women Veterans are using VA care, benefits, and services now than in 2000, and national efforts are underway to address women specific care.

Additional services covered under the maternity care benefit include: newborn care for up to seven days, lactation services and products (consultation services, breast pumps and supplies), nursing bras, postpartum screenings and support groups. Maternity care coordinators are available at every VA medical center.