Center for Women Veterans

VA's Center for Women Veterans and National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators will collaborate to advance and improve the quality of life for women Veterans.

VA has taken a number of steps over the years to better serve military sexual trauma survivors applying for disability compensation for conditions caused by MST, beginning with relaxing evidentiary standards in 2002.

The Center for Women Veterans and VA Mental Health Services will partner during April to share how VA is engaging new voices and standing together to empower military sexual trauma survivors.

VA’s Center for Women Veterans partnered with Veteran Artist Program (VAP) to highlight women Veteran artists this year.

March was Women’s History Month, and VA honored, celebrated and raised awareness of trailblazing women Veterans in multiple ways throughout the month.

On the centennial anniversary of Loretta Perfectus Walsh's enlistment in the Navy, women Veterans gathered to honor the service of more than 2.5 million women Veterans who have since served our country.

In honor of Women’s History Month, VA’s Center for Women Veterans partnered with Veteran Artist Program to display art by 10 women Veterans at 10 VA medical centers nationwide.

Pamela served in the Army for six years. She went on to complete a Masters in Biology from The Citadel. She now works full-time as a wildlife and fisheries biologist for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

As an artist, accepted as a Women’s Veteran Artist finalist, I chose to represent fish. This March, you can see my art of a tarpon, as well as the other finalists’ art at 10 VA facilities across the nation.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Stacey Thompson. Stacey joined the Marine Corps after graduating high school at age 17. She served from 1998 to 2000 as a Traffic Management Operator.

Kayla Williams is taking her commitment to serving Veterans into an important role here at the VA. She is the new director of the Center for Women Veterans.