
A segment on CBS Evening News focused on the challenges facing female veterans, including a rise in homelessness. The segment features IAVA Member Veteran Angela Peacock and highlights data from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America issue report, "Women Warriors: Supporting She 'Who Has Borne the Battle, [3]" which details the unique and urgent service and homecoming challenges facing female troops and veterans. IAVA Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff asserts a central factor that leads to homelessness may be untreated injuries, including PTSD.
Links:
[1] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/21/eveningnews/main6229789.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea
[2] http://iava.org/files/images/Rieckhoff CBS.jpg
[3] http://media.iava.org/IAVA_WomensReport_2009.pdf
[4] http://iava.org/iava-in-washington/issue-reports