A new comprehensive study from the Wounded Warrior Project found that female veterans face higher rates of unemployment and are more likely to have depression, PTSD and anxiety than their male counterparts.
Additionally, the Wounded Warrior Project found, women reported sexual trauma at a rate more than three times higher than male veterans but said they received related care less often through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
“When I got out, I could not get an annual female checkup from the VA. They sent me out to community care,” Lewis said, adding that getting an appointment could take months. “To this day, there are still a lot of health needs that I have that I have to go out for community care.” The VA noted that women are “among the fastest growing Veteran demographics” and said that its own data also “shows women report experiencing military sexual trauma at higher rates than men” and that “VA will stop at nothing to ensure that these survivors receive everything that they have earned and deserve.”Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images file
Clark said that she grappled with her mental health and had abused alcohol while trying to find a job and manage her disability. She described transitioning out of service as “like losing a leg, losing part of your soul … trying to figure out what makes you happy, how to be happy and how to be a productive member of society is very, very challenging.”
“There’s so much work that we have to do,” said Mace, adding that she has participated in a number of panels and roundtables with women veterans.
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