Report: Services for Female Veterans Fall Short

It comes as the number of women in the military is increasing dramatically.

The report by the advocacy group Disabled American Veterans identified serious gender gaps invirtually every program that serves veterans. That includes health care, job training, finance,housing and combatting sexual assault.

According to the report, most deficiencies result from a disregard for the different needs of femaleveterans. Men far outnumber women in the military.

The report closely tracks an Associated Press review in June that found serious shortcomings in howthe VA cares for female veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them of child-bearingage.

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A new report says the Veterans Affairs Department and other government agencies are not doingenough to help women who serve in the military