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SWAN addresses the Combat Exclusion Policy on MSNBC
In January 2013, the archaic Combat Exclusion Policy was lifted officially. Click on the photo above to see SWAN Executive Director and former Marine Corps Captain Anu Bhagwati discuss this monumental event on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Show.
Truth and Justice Summit 2013
Service Women's Action Network held Truth and Justice: The 2013 Summit on Military Sexual Violence April 17-18. For information on this event, in its second year, click on the photo above.
SWAN Testifies Before Senate on Military Sexual Assault
On March 13th, SWAN's Anu Bhagwati and Rebekah Havrilla testified with others before a Senate panel hearing on military sexual assault. Click the photo for C-Span's full coverage. Warning for triggering content.
SWAN Testifies at U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Hearing on Military Sexual Violence
Click the photo to watch C-SPAN coverage of the hearing in full.
Women to Join Infantry Officer Course
CNN interviewed SWAN Policy Director Greg Jacob on the recent announcement of the Marine Corps' decision to include women in the Infantry Officer Course this fall. Click the photo to watch the coverage.
SWAN Joins in Landmark Lawsuit Challenging Combat Exclusion Policy
SWAN and four service women are plaintiffs in Hegar v Panetta, a groundbreaking ACLU lawsuit filed Nov. 27, 2012 challenging the Combat Exclusion Policy. This suit was partly responsible for the policy's overturning in January 2013. Click the photo to read more on our Combat Exclusion campaign.
SWAN on the Lackland AFB Scandal
SWAN appeared in several media outlets to comment on the Lackland Air Force Base sexual misconduct and abuse scandal in June 2012. Click the photo to watch CNN The Situation Room's piece on the scandal, including comment by SWAN Executive Director Anu Bhagwati.
SWAN Testifies Before Congress at Landmark MST Claims Hearing
On July 18th, 2012, SWAN joined others to testify before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs in the first hearing dedicated to the VA's handling of claims for Military Sexual Trauma-related PTSD. Click the photo to read submitted testimony and for a full video of the hearing.
SWAN on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports
On April 18, SWAN's Executive Director Anu Bhagwati appeared on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports with Navy veteran Ruth Moore and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree to discuss the Ruth Moore Act and reforming the VA claims process for Military Sexual Trauma survivors. Take a look by clicking on the photo above.
SWAN's Military Justice Solution in The New York Times
SWAN Legal Director Rachel Natelson contributed an op ed to The New York Times At War military blog on the military justice system. To read, click the photo.
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