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VA’s New Hotline Dedicated to Serving Women Veterans

As part of VA’s goal to implement improvements to its health care for women Veterans, we recently launched our new Women Veterans hotline—1-855-VA-WOMEN (829-6636)—an incoming call center that receives and responds to questions from women Veterans, their families, and caregivers across the nation about available VA services and resources.

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VA Launches Hotline for Health Care, Women Veteran Questions

The Veterans Affairs Department has launched a new hotline — 1-855-VA-WOMEN — to receive and respond to questions from veterans, their families and caregivers about the many VA services and resources available to women veterans. The service began accepting calls March 27. “Some women veterans may not

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LatinaStyle Magazine features upcoming bilingual book “Good Night Captain Mama”

LatinaStyle Magazine (current issue saluting Latinas in uniform) features upcoming bilingual book “Good Night Captain Mama.” Please enjoy and share with your networks! http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?i=139900&p=52   

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Women’s Health Assures Women Vets: VA is The Right Place

A new public service announcement lets women Veterans know they’ve come to “The Right Place” when seeking VA health care. Many of the 1.8 million women Veterans in the United States are unaware that VA offers high quality women’s health care. VA’s Women’s Health Services office intends

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VA Medical Center Seeks Female Veterans for New PTSD Study

  HOUSTON — Researchers at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine are currently looking for female veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder who are interested in participating in a study examining the role a neuropeptide called corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) plays in causing

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WOMEN VETERANS SOCIAL JUSTICE

ABOUT WOMEN VETERANS SOCIAL JUSTICE Founded: 2008 Founder: Ms. BriGette McCoy, United States Army veteran Website http://womenveteranssocialjustice.blogspot.com Twitter https://twitter.com/brigmccoy Email www.WVSJstandup@gmail.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/4wvsj Vision: Women Veterans Social Justice’s vision is to serve online, community based, national network which  • Educate women veteran’s on entrepreneurship and business enrichment;

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Women Veterans Health Care

In the Spotlight: Colorado Women Veterans Resource Fair, August 24-25 Connect with VA       Watch the Latest Videos More Resources VA and Women Veterans of Colorado will jointly host the second resource fair for women Veterans in Greenwood Village, Colo., August 25, with a reception on August

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Female Vets Feeling Better About VA Care

Air Force veteran Audrey May, 45 of Wilson, N.C. discusses pain she is having in her left leg after a recent surgery to Brenda Hall, LPN at the Durham VA hospital Wednesday June 6, 2012. Women make up 14 percent of the active-duty military and 8 percent

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By Annie Gowen, Published: May 27 The Washington Post Four years ago, Veronica Witherspoon was stationed in Baghdad, enduring roiling sandstorms and nearly daily rocket fire as she worked as a Navy petty officer at Camp Victory. By January, she had left the military, lost her job as

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Military Women and Suicide: Home Safe But Not Sound

Rising suicide rates among female veterans show how deep the emotional wounds can be Edie Bailey was shocked when her doorbell rang at 6 a.m. on a Saturday and the somber faces of uniformed soldiers greeted her. She recognized the macabre scene played out in countless movies,

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