House Veterans’ Affairs Committee member Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) launched a new bipartisan task force for women veterans Thursday with the aim of shining a spotlight on gender inequities, Military Times reported.
Brownley said its purpose would be “advancing equity in access to resources, benefits and health care” for women veterans.
“Women veterans are too often overlooked, forgotten or feel invisible,” Brownley said. “We are here today to change that. Women have served in uniform since this country’s earliest days … but for far too long their issues have been unnoticed or ignored.”
Women comprise about 10% of the nation’s veterans, 17% of current military personnel and 30% of military service academy students. Women using VA health services has more than tripled in the past two decades.
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