News Archives

April 2012

4.7.2012 – Politico Morning Defense: Judge: Release Sexual Assault Data

March 2012

3.20.2012 – The New York Times: Room for Debate: Calling All Able-Bodied Men and Women

3.15.2012 – Lez Get Real: SWAN Moves Date For Summit On Military Sexual Violence

3.11.2012 – The Sacramento Bee: Navy and Marine Corps Sex Assault Victims Sue

3.10.2012 – Military.com: Treating the Wounds of Military Sexual Trauma

3.10.2012 – The Baltimore Sun: Treating the Wounds of Military Sexual Trauma

3.9.2012 – Daily Kos: Service Women’s Action Network: Armed Forces Radio should flush Rush.

3.9.2012 – The New Civil Rights Movement: Military Women’s Groups Push To Pull Limbaugh From Armed Forces Radio

3.8.2012 – The New York Times: Sexual Violence and the Military

3.6.2012 – YubaNet: Lawsuit Filed Against Secretaries of Defense for Failure to Provide Justice in Cases of Military Sexual Assault

3.6.2012 – Stars and Stripes: Eight Military Women Allege Rape, Assault in Lawsuit

3.6.2012 – Ms. Magazine: Rape in the Military Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court Today

3.6.2012 – Windy City Times: Sexual Assault Lawsuit Filed Against Military

3.6.2012 – Suits and Sentences: Navy and Marine Corps Sex Assault Victims Sue

3.6.2012 – Lez Get Real: New Lawsuit Targets Sexual Assaults In The Military

3.4.2012 – Navy Times: Clearance Form needs Changes, Advocates Say

3.2.2012 – Air Force Times: Clearance Form Needs Changes, Advocates Say

3.2.2012 – Penn Live: Military Equals: Female Troops Should Get Expanded Roles

3.1.2012 – Lez Get Real: Military To Rewrite Infamous Question 21 For Security Clearance

February 2012

2.29.2012 – ACLU: Exposing the Ugly Details of the Military Sexual Violence Epidemic

2.29.2012 – YubaNet: Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) Cautions That Planned Rewriting of Question 21 in Lieu of Providing an Exemption May Not be Enough

2.28.2012 – Lez Get Real: SWAN’s FOIA Suit Heard For Summary Judgement In CT

2.27.2012 – ENews Park Forest: ACLU And Service Women’s Action Network Appear In Federal Court Seeking Military Sexual Trauma Records

2.27.2012 – ACLU: ACLU and Service Women’s Action Network Appear in Federal Court Seeking Military Sexual Trauma Records

2.25.2012 – Examiner: Summary Judgment on Monday in hearing for FOIA lawsuit against DoD and DVA

2.23.2012 – US News: Rick Santorum Shifts on Women in Combat

2.22.2012 – Lez Get Real: SWAN Applauds Speier’s Appointment To House Armed Services

2.21.2012 – Media Matters: Service Women’s Action Network’s Anu Bhagwati Chastises Fox’s Trotta For “Grossly Ignorant” Comments On Sexual Assault In Military

2.20.2012 – Richmond Times Dispatch: Chen Case: Asian-American Soldiers Endure Bias

2.19.2012 – Marin Independent Journal: Chen Case: Asian-American Soldiers Endure Bias

2.18.2012 – Army Times: DoD to Open 14,000 Army Jobs to Women

2.17.2012 – The Huffington Post: Women in Combat: The Crow Is Cooking

2.15.2012 – The Diamondback: Guest column: Respect and Honor

2.14.2012 – Buffalo News: Break the ‘Brass Ceiling’: Pentagon’s Small Advance for Women Falls Far Short of Granting Full Equality

2.11.2012 – The Independent: Women Kept Off the Front Line as US Eases Combat Rules

2.11.2012 – Seattle Post Intelligencer: Women at War: Pentagon is Easing its Job Limits

2.10.2012 – BBC: SWAN’s Executive Director Anu Bhagwati Weighs in on DOD’s Women in Service Review on the BBC Broadcast

2.10.2012 – Al; Jazeera English: SWAN Appearance on Al Jazeera English, Responding to the DOD’s Women in Service Review and Roles of Women in the Military

2.10.2012 – Salon: Female Soldiers Fight the Brass Ceiling

2.10.2012 – The Daily Beast: U.S. Eases Restrictions on Women in Combat, Still Bars Them From Front Lines

2.10.2012 – The Takeaway: Some Combat Restrictions for Women Lifted

2.10.2012 – BBC: SWAN’s Anu Bhagwati on Women in Combat for BBC (approx. 9 minutes in).

2.10.2012 – YubaNet: Service Women’s Action Network Issues Statement on GOP Candidate Rick Santorum’s comments on Women in Combat

2.10.2012 – AP: Women at War: Pentagon is Easing its Job Limits

2.9.2012 – Associated Press: Pentagon: Allow Women Closer to Front Lines

2.9.2012 – New York Times: New York Times Interview with Anu Bhagwati on Pentagon’s Conference for New Restrictions for Women in Combat

2.9.2012 – Yahoo! News: Pentagon Proposes Opening 14,000 New Military Jobs to Women, But Some Call Proposal Too Modest

2.9.2012 – Business Week: Pentagon Opening More Posts to Women Short of Ground-Combat Role

2.9.2012 – Washington Post: Pentagon to Ease Restrictions on Women in Some Combat Roles

2.9.2012 – The Christian Science Monitor: Women in Combat: Pentagon Opens Door to Front Lines

2.9.2012 – The Washington Times: Pentagon Rules Shift on Women in Combat

2.9.2012 – Newser: Pentagon Opens More Jobs to Women

2.9.2012 – The Associated Press: Pentagon Rules Shift on Women in Combat

2.8.2012 – Yahoo! News: New Military Roles for Women

2.8.2012 – Truth Out: Picking Up the Pieces From Military Sexual Assault

2.2.2012 – Boston Globe: War’s Glass Ceiling: Pentagon Moves Closer to Allowing Women to Fight

2.2.2012 – The Day: Dealing With Sexual Abuse at CGA

2.2.2012 – Truth Out: The Military and the Church: Bedfellows in Sexual Assault

January 2012

1.31.2012 – Variety: The Invisible War

1.29.2012 – Le Journal du Dimanche: In Iraq, the Specter of a Civil War

1.29.2012 – The Day: Reports of Sexual Offenses up Over Past Years at Coast Guard Academy

1.25.2012 – Sirius Radio: Legal Director Rachel Natelson on Sirius Radio: SWAN Response to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Sexual Assault in the Military

1.23.2012 – PTSTreatment: SWAN’s Helpline Caseworker Rebekah Havrilla on PTSDTreatment Worldwide

1.22.2012 – Chaplains Under Fire: The Trauma of War for Service Women

1.19.2012 – Bloomberg News: Military Sex-Assault Victims to Get More Help, Panetta Pledges

1.19.2012 – Stars and Stripes: DOD Sex Assault Prevention Efforts Fall Short, Critics Say

1.19.2012 – Yuba Net: SWAN Responds to DOD Announcement to Reduce Sexual Assault in the Military

1.8.2012 – The Baltimore Sun: Sexual Assaults are Up at Naval Academy – Or Are They?

1.8.2012 – The Portland Press Herald: Help for Maine Health-Care Consumers May Fall Through Cracks

1.3.2012 – The Portland Press Herald: Pingree Sees Progress on Military Sexual Assault Security Clearance issue

1.2.2012 – The New Civil Rights Movement: 2011 Year Of Popular Trash: The Kardashianization Of American Political Culture

December 2011

12.30.2011 – SDGLN: COMMENTARY: An Open Letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta About Military Sexual Abuse

12.29.2011 – The Huffington Post: Military Rape Policies Announced By Defense Department Don’t Fix Problem, Groups Charge

12.29.2011 – Hometown Source: President Obama Signs into Law Klobuchar-Collins Provisions Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault

12.28.2011 – Yuba Net: Pentagon Releases Annual Report on Sexual Assaults in Service Academies

12.28.2011 – Christian Science Monitor: Sexual Assault Reports Rise at Military Academies. How is Pentagon Responding?

12.28.2011 – The Associated Press: DOD: Reported Sexual Assaults up at 3 Academies

12.27.2011 – Stars and Stripes: Reports of Sexual Assaults Increase at Service Academies

12.27.2011 – The Washington Post: Pentagon: Reported Sexual Assaults Rise at 3 Main Military Academies in Latest Academic Year

12.27.2011 – The Washington Post: Military Academies Report More Sexual Assaults

12.27.2011 – The Washington Post: DOD: Reported Sexual Assaults up at 3 Academies

12.23.2011 – KPCC: “Victory Day” Version 2.0 — The New Face of Homecoming?

12.20.2011 – The Times Union: T-shirt Angle is Latest Twist in Assault Case

12.19.2011 – Lez Get Real: SWAN Making Progress Against The Bias Against Sexual Assault Survivors

12.15.2011 – The Washington Post: Judge Tosses Suit Against Rumsfeld, Gates; Veterans Claimed Rapes, Sex Assaults Ignored

12.15.2011 – ABC News: Abuse Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld, Gates Tossed Out

12.15.2011 – Windy City Media Group: Military Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed

12.14.2011 – Associated Press: Abuse Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld, Gates Tossed Out

12.14.2011 – CBS Atlanta: Abuse Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld, Gates Tossed Out

12.14.2011 – Fox Reno: Abuse Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld, Gates Tossed Out

12.9.2011 – The Guardian: Rape in the US military: America’s Dirty Little Secret

12.2.2011 – HometownSource.com: >Klobuchar Pushes Provision Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault in Military

12.2.2011 – InsuranceNews.net: Klobuchar Pushes Provision Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault in the Military

November 2011

11.29.2011 – USA Today: Cadet Slang on T-shirt Denounced as Offensive

11.29.2011 – YubaNet.com: New McClatchy Investigation on Military Rape Prosecutions Released Investigation Reveals a Broken Military Justice System in Need of Reform

11.29.2011 – Lez Get Real: Justice Still Lacking In Cases of Rape In The Military

11.29.2011 – The Boston Globe: Fairness for Women in Uniform

11.28.2011 – WSTP: T-shirt is offensive: West Point, Women’s Group

11.28.2011 – Army Times: T-shirt is Offensive: West Point, Women’s Group

11.20.2011 – New York Times: Challenges for Service Women

11.18.2011 – YubaNet.com: Service Women’s Action Network Hails the STOP Act to Combat Sexual Assault in the Military Congresswoman Jackie Speier Introduces “Groundbreaking” Bill HR 3435

11.18.2011 – Army Times: Sex Assault Class-Action Lawsuit Still on Hold

11.17.2011 – Lez Get Real: Rep Speier Introduces Bill To Combat Sexual Assault In The Military

11.15.2011 – Virginia Law: Law School Team to Fight U.S. Ban on Women in Combat, Draft

11.14.2011 – The Daily Beast: Military Faces Mounting Pressure to Crack Down on Rape

11.14.2011 – PressTV: Lawsuit Alleges Tolerance for Rape, Sex Abuse in Military

11.14.2011 – UPI.com: Civil Suit Says Military Abuse Tolerated

11.14.2011 – Pilot Online.com: Lawsuit Alleges Tolerance for Rape, Sex Abuse in Military

11.11.2011 – Women’s Voices for Change: Video Pick: Women Veterans’ Day

11.10.2011 – Feministing: Service Women’s Action Network to Launch 11-11-11 Website to Honor Women Veterans

11.9.2011 – VetLawyers.com: Organization Spotlights Women’s Military Service

11.7.2011 – GO Magazine: At The Helm

October 2011

10.26.2011 – KUNM: Women Victims of Rape in the Military

10.24.2011 – Gotham Gazette: Is the City Prepared to Help Returning Veterans?

10.21.2011 – LGBT|POV: Tom Carpenter: Passing the Torch to a New Generation of LGBT Warriors

10.20.2011 – Al Jazeera: Military Sexual Assault and Rape ‘Epidemic’

10.20.2011 – KBPS: Sexual Assault And Harrassment Are Widespread In The Military

10.19.2011 – ACLU Blog of Rights: Anita Hill: Still Powerful 20 Years Later

10.18.2011 – Army Times: VA Revising Sexual Assault Claims Process

10.18.2011 – Military Times: VA Revising Sexual Assault Claims Process

10.17.2011 – Navy Times: DoD Still Wants Clearance Rule Changed

10.17.2011 – Military Times: DoD Still Wants Clearance Rule Changed

10.12.2011 – Trial Magazine: Fighting For Military

10.10.2011 – Lez Get Real: OutServe’s First Summit To Focus On DADT’s End, Faith And More

10.9.2011 – Metro Daily News: More Massachusetts Veterans are Women

10.6.2011 – Justia.com:

5.27.2011 – Environmentalists Against War: House Defense Appropriation Contains Hope for Victims of Rape

5.26.2011 – Change.org: Success! House Votes to Stop Military Rape — Make Sure the Senate Follows

5.26.2011 – Daily Kos: Military Women Deserve First Class Treatment Not Second-Class Status

Covered in:
Liberty Voice
RH Reality Check

5.26.2011 – Exodus News: House Passes Defense Authorization Act

5.26.2011 – Congresswoman Niki Tsongas Press Releases: House of Representatives Approves Legislation to Address Sexual Assault in the Military

5.25.2011 – Valley Advocate: Between the Lines- Of Rank and Rape

5.23.2011 – The Washington Post: Congress Considering Tougher Protections for Sexual Assault Victims in Military

5.23.2011 – Open Democracy: Wounded Warriors – Sexual Assault

5.23.2011 – New York Nonprofit Press: SUS Convenes Discussion on Needs of Returning Veterans

5.23.2011 – Nobel Women’s Initiative: Thoughts from Lauren Embrey, Day 1

5.22.2011 – The Kennebec Journal: Pingree, Collins Present Legislation

5.22.2011 – The Portland Press Herald: Bill Target Military Sex Assault Policies

5.19.2011 – Air Force News: Congress Moves to Protect Sex Assault Victims

Covered in:
Army Times
Navy Times

5.19.2011 – Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter Newsroom: Slaughter Says Provisions that Address Sexual Assault in the Military are Moving Forward

5.18.2011 – In These Times: Military Rape- Rampant, Ignored

5.16.2011 – Ms Magazine Feminist Wire Daily Newsbrief: Slaughter Introduces Provisions Against Rape in the Military

5.16.2011 – Feminist Majority US Daily News Wire: Slaughter Introduces Provisions Against Rape in the Military

5.10.2011 – Norddeutscher Rundfunk, North German Broadcasting: Rape in the US Army

5.5.2011 – Congresswoman Niki Tsongas Press Releases: Tsongas Introduces Two Bills to Improve Soldier Well-Being

5.3.2011 – Alaska Dispatch: Sexual Assault: U.S. Military’s Unseen Enemy

April 2011

4.29.2011 – Christian Science Monitor: Unseen Foe for Troops: Sexual Assault in US Military

4.29.2011 – North County Times: Vets Break Silence of Military Sexual Trauma

4.27.2011 – Windy City Times: Former Cadet Katie Miller Denied Readmission to West Point

4.27.2011 – N’ Touch: Statement on West Point’s Decision to Deny Former Cadet Katie Miller Readmission

4.22.2011 – North County Times: Opinion – Work to be Done

4.16.2011 – North County Times: Miltary: More Than 300 Sexual Assaults Reported at Camp Pendleton Since 2005

4.15.2011 – Financial Times: Pentagon Harassment Suit May Spark Further Action

4.15.2011 – CBN: Bill Highlights Military Sexual Assault Issue

4.14.2011 – UPI: Law Would Protect Military Assault Victims

4.14.2011 – The State Column: Rep. Braley Fights to Get Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault in Military

4.13.2011 – Stars and Stripes: Lawmakers Propose New Protections for Military Sexual Assault Victims

4.13.2011 – The New Civil Rights Movement: Military Victims of Sexual Assault Bipartisan Bill to be Introduced

4.13.2011 – Politico Morning Defense: House Memebers Target Sexual Assault [pdf]

4.13.2011 – Army Times: Lawmakers Push to Protect Sex Assault Victims

Covered in:
Navy Times
Air Force News

4.13.2011 – Rep. Bruce Braley E-Newsletter: Braley Fights to Get Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault in Military

4.13.2011 – Iowa Politics: U.S. Rep Braley: Fights to Get Justice for Victims of Sexual Assault in Military

4.13.2011 – Dayton Business Journal: Legislation Seeks to Aid Military Sexual Assault Victims

4.12.2011 – Huffington Post: Lawmakers to Introduce Bill to Expand Legal Rights, Protections to Military Victims of Sexual Assault

4.12.2011 – Lez Get Real: Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Try to Help Victims of Military Sexual Trauma

4.12.2011 – Igniting Change: Voices From the Field: Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)

4.12.2011 – Kansas City Star: Crime of Sexual Must Not Share the Victim

4.11.2011 – Daily Kos: Rep. Speier Calls Congress Complicit in Military Rape

4.8.2011 – Maxwell/Gunter Dispatch: Sexual Assault is Not Who We Are

4.7.2011 – Lez Get Real: Rep. Jackie Speier Highlights Military Sexual Assault on the House Floor

4.7.2011 – PressTV: US Military’s Rape and Sexual Assault Epidemic

4.5.2011 – India West: SWAN’s Bhagwati Advises Plaintiffs in Pentagon Lawsuit

4.4.2011 – Common Dreams: The Military’s Rape and Sexual Assault Epidemic

4.4.2011 – Law Firm Newswire: Secretaries of Defense Need to Stop Military Sexual Trauma Says Legal Group for Veterans

4.3.2011- Newsweek: The Military’s Secret Shame

4.3.2011 – Truthout: The Military’s Rape and Sexual Assault Epidemic

4.2.2011 – Women’s eNews: Cheers and Jeers

March 2011

3.31.2011 – RH Reality Check: The Military’s Rape and Sexual Assault Epidemic

3.29.2011 – Change.org: DoD Sexual Assault Reports Gives Staggering Update

3.28.2011 – Lez Get Real: Senator Klobuchar Introduces Legislation to Retain Military Rape and Sexual Assault Records Permanently

3.18.2011 – Pam’s House Blend: Pentagon Releases Latest Reports on Sexual Assault in the Military – And It’s Not Good News

3.18.2011 – My Central New Jersey: Military Deserves Scorn for Treatment of Rape Cases

3.18.2011 – Lez Get Real: One in Five Women and One in Twenty Men in the Air Force Victims of Sexual Assault

3.18.2011 – India Abroad: Once A Marine

3.18.2011 – Women’s Justice Center: News Round Up

3.17.2011 – Ms. Blog: 1 in 5 Women in the Air Force Report Being Sexually Assaulted

3.14.2011 – Little India: Former Marine Leads New Charge

3.13.2011 – Military Embedded Systems: Pentagon Commission Recommends Women Serve in Combat

3.11.2011 – Military.com: Congresswoman Wants Rape Treated as PTSD

3.11.2011 – Tri-City Voice: Service Women’s Alert

3.10.2011 – Heroines: Sexual Assault in the Military

3.9.2011 – Change.org: Sexual Assault Survivors’ Military Lawsuit Spurs Litigation

3.9.2011 – Federal News Radio: How to Bring Diversity to Military Leadership

3.9.2011 – Feministing: What We Missed, March 9th 2011

3.8.2011 – Navy Times: Bill Would Easy Compensation for Sexual Trauma

3.8.2011 – Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: Frontlines Feed: The Latests on Repealing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

3.7.2011 – The Hill: “Commission Urges Pentagon to Let Women Serve in Combat”

3.4.2011 – Exodus News: Navy Announces More Than 30 Reprimands in USS Enterprise Harassment Case

3.4.2011 – Hollywood Daily: “Navy to Discipline 40 in Video Scandal”

3.3.2011 – Reueters: “Navy Admirals, Others Censured Over Lewd Videos”

3.3.2011 – National Journal: “Navy to Discipline 40 in Video Scandal”

3.2.2011 – USA Today: “Our View: Pentagon Falls Short in Tackling Sexual Assault”

3.1.2011 – My Fox 9: “Marine Opens Up About Rape in Military”

3.1.2011 – The Political Notebook

February 2011

2.26.2011 – Sun Herald: “A Uniform Should Not Protect a Sexual Predator”

2.25.2011 – Talking Points Memo: “More Victims Want To Join Lawsuit Alleging Pentagon Ignored Sexual Harassment”

2.22.2011 – Tell Me More (NPR): “Veterans Sue Pentagon For Handling Of Rapes”

2.22.2011 – Radio Boston: “Soldiers Say Military Doesn’t Protect Them From Sexual Assault”

2.22.2011 – Truthout: “Pentagon Faces Class-Action Lawsuit for Failure to Protect Service Members From Rape”

2.21.2011 – Fox News: “Sexual Abuse in the Military”

2.20.2011 – OpEd News: “Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against the Pentagon”

2.20.2011 – India Abroad: “Former Marine Anuradha Bhagwati Takes on Defense Establishment”

2.18.2011 – KPCC (Southern California Public Radio): “Federal Lawsuit Alleges Military Rampant with Sexual Abuse”

2.18.2011 – The Washington Post: “The Military Must Take a Harder Line Against Sexual Assault”

2.18.2011 – Moral Low Ground: “Rape Epidemic Plagues US Military”

2.18.2011 – All Headline News: “Supreme Court, Congress Take on Sexual Assault in Military”

2.17.2011 – The Week: “The U.S. Military’s ‘Rape Epidemic’”

2.17.2011 – The Diane Rehm Show: “Sexual Assault and the U.S. Military”

2.17.2011 – Change.org: “Veterans and Advocates Condemn Military Failure to Stop Rape”

2.17.2011 – The Milford Daily News: “The Assaults on Military Women”

2.17.2011 – Michigan Live: “Ohio Woman Alleges Sexual Abuse Occurred at Coast Guard Station in Essexville”

2.16.2011 – Piers Morgan Tonight (CNN): “Shocking Stories of Sexual Abuse”

2.16.2011 – WNYC: The Takeaway “Gates, Rumsfeld and Pentagon Served Class-Action Suit”

2.16.2011 – Democracy Now: “Veterans File Class Action Suit Over Sexual Abuse in Military”

2.16.2011 – Public Radio International: “Defense Secretary Robert Gates Accused of Ignoring Sexual Assaults”

2.16.2011 – Women’s Media Center: “Servicewomen Sue Pentagon for Enabling Rape”

2.16.2011 – All Voices: “Army Veterans File Sex Abuse Suit”

2.16.2011 – Blog Her: “U.S. Military Named in Class Action Lawsuit”

2.16.2011 – Slate: “Service Members Sue Military Over Sexual Assaults”

2.16.2011 – Ms. Sparky: “Soldiers Sue DOD for Retaliation Against Rape Victims, Gates and Rumsfeld Named”

2.16.2011 – Eagle World News: “Pentagon Sued in Sexual Assault Claims Scandal”

2.16.2011 – Sky News: “Rumsfeld ‘Ignored” U.S. Military Rape Program”

2.16.2011 – KFOR (Oklahoma City): “17 Women File Suit for Military Rape”

2.15.2011- The Nightly News with Brian Williams: “Sexual Assault Victims Sue Pentagon”

2.15.2011 – CNN’s The Situation Room: “Vets Allege Rape, Assault in Ranks”

2.15.2011 – The Today Show: “Did Pentagon Ignore Claims of Sexual Abuse?” [YouTube]

2.15.2011 – Associated Press: “First Person: Raped in the Coast Guard” [YouTube]

2.15.2011 – New York Times: “Lawsuit Says Military Is Rife With Sexual Abuse”

2.15.2011 – BBC: “US Veterans Says Military Fails in Rape Claim Inquiries”

2.15.2011 – MSNBC: “Lawsuit Claims Pentagon Turned Blind Eye to Military Rape Victims”

2.15.2011 – MSNBC: “Military Sex Assaults Under the Microscope”

2.15.2011 – Jezebel: “Women Sue Military For Enabling Their Rapists”

2.15.2011 – AOL News: “17 Victims Sue Pentagon Over ‘Plague’ of Sexual Violence”

2.15.2011 – America Blog: “Rumsfeld, Gates Ignored Rape, Sexual Abuse at DOD, Lawsuit Claims”

2.15.2011 – The Daily Beast: “Gates, Rumsfeld Sued Over U.S. Military’s Rape Epidemic”

2.15.2011 – The New Civil Rights Movement: “Pentagon Faces Class Action Lawsuit Exposing Military Sexual Abuse Crisis”

2.15.2011 – Ms. Magazine: “Case Announced Against Sexual Assault in the Military”

2.15.2011 – Ms. Magazine News Flash: “Assaulted Service Women Sue the Military”

2.15.2011 – Feminist Majority Daily News Wire: “Case Announced Against Sexual Assault in the Military”

2.15.2011 – Wilmington News Journal: “Wilmington Native Suing Over Military’s Handling of Rape, Assault Cases”

2.15.2011 – Daily Mail “U.S. Veterans Sue Pentagon ‘After They Were Raped and Sexually Abused by Comrades’”

2.15.22011 – UPI: “Lawsuit: Military Allowed Rape”

2.15.2011 – KPLC Louisiana: “Military Women Face Significant Risk of Rape”

2.15.2011 – Voice of America: “Pentagon Sued for Allegedly Mishandling Sexual Assault Complaints”

2.15.2011 – Inter Press Service: Rape in the Ranks, the U.S. Army’s Dirty Secret

2.15.2011 – ABC News: “17 Veterans Sue Pentagon Over Rape Cases”

2.15.2011 – NBC San Diego: “Military Accused of Turning Blind Eye on Rape Victims”

2.15.2011 – WDTN (Ohio): “Local Woman Reacts to Military Sex Assault Report”

2.15.2011 – WCVB TV (Boston): “Victims: Military Ignored Rapes”

2.15.2011 WUSA9 (Washington DC): “Class-Action Suit Seeks Changes in DoD Sex Assault Policies”

2.15.2011 – TBD (Washington DC): “Federal Lawsuit Seeks DoD Changes”

2.15.2011 – Examiner: “Military Rape and Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Secretary of Defense Gates”

2.15.2011 – CTV (Canada): “U.S. Veterans Say Rape Cases Mishandled”

2.15.2011 – Georgetown Patch: “Georgetown Law Firm Represents Victims in Military Rape and Sexual Assault Litigation”

2.15.2011 – Newser: “Female Vets Sue Pentagon Over Sex Abuse”

2.15.2011 – Care2: “Women Sue Pentagon Officials for Ignoring Rape Charges”

2.15.2011 – AmericaBlog: “Rumsfeld, Gates Ignored Rape, Sexual Abuse at DOD, Lawsuit Claims”

2.15.2011 – The Raw Story: “Military Chaplain: Soldier’s Rape ‘Must Have Been God’s Will’”

2.15.2011 – Lawsuit Says Military Tolerates Rape, Assault

Covered in:
Air Force Times
Armed Forces
Army Times
Marine Corps Times
Military Times
Navy Times

2.15.2011 – AP Newsbreak: Veterans Say Rape Cases Mishandled

Covered in:
The Washington Post
Federal News Radio
NBC Action News
ABC News
NPR
Seattle Times
Houston Chronicle
CBS News
Salon
News Observer
Forbes
San Francisco Chronicle
Huffington Post
WTHR Indianapolis
The Daily Caller
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
WAFB Louisana
Deseret News
WAFB Louisiana
The Sacramento Bee
Billings Gazette
NewsChannel 5: Nashville, TN
Modesto Bee
Alabama Live
Palm Beach Post
Seattle PI
Cleveland Live
Wave 3: Louisville, KY
Times Union
Knology
KCBD Texas
WISTV: South Carolina
The News Tribune
WVEC: Virginia
Townhall
RoadRunner
Syracuse Online
The Portland Press Herald
Mail.com: US Edition
Star Tribune
The Sun News
The Wichita Eagle
Macon.com
News on 6: Oklahoma
Newsvine
WWMT: West Michigan
LaCrosse Tribune
WHEC: New York
North County Times
New York Post
WMUR New Hampshire
Missoulian
JD News
Springfield News-Sun
Manilia Bulletin
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Twin Cities
Verizon Small Business Center
USA Today
Gazette Net
WFAA Texas
Fox 31

2.7.2011 – Black Voice News: “U.N. Expert Examines Violence Against Women in the U.S., Government Response”

2.2.2011 – FinalCall.com: “SWAN Hosts UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women for Roundtable Discussion” [pdf]

January 2011

1.20.2011 – Stars and Stripes: “Sanchez Says Lifting Ban on Women in Combat Unlikely This Year” [pdf]

1.19.2011 – IBTIMES.com: “Panel Recommends Lifting Ban on Women in Combat” [pdf]

1.16.2011 – LEZGETReal: “Rep Tsongas Works to End Sexual Assaults in the Military”

1.15.2011 – CBS News: “Report: Women Should Be Allowed in Combat”

1.15.2011 – Charlotte Observer: “Panel: Let Women Into Combat”

1.14.2011 – Star Advertiser: “Report: Women Should Be Allowed in Combat Units”

1.14.2011 – LGBT POV: “What Will Obama and Holder Do About Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell on Tuesday?”

1.14.2011 – Houston Chronicle: “Panel Says Women Should Be Allowed in Combat Units”

1.13.2011 – Lowell Sun: “Tsongas: More To Do To Help Military Sex-Assault Victims” [pdf]

1.11.2011 – CNN: “CNN Newsroom with Kyra Phillips”

1.9.2011 – The Washington Times: “Gay Former Sailors Back Captain Ousted Over Videos”

1.5.2011 – Lavender Newswire: “Navy’s Delayed Response to Video Five Years Too Late”

Also covered in:
Common Dreams

1.4.2011 – The Christian Science Monitor: “USS Enterprise: Do Lewd Videos Point to Deeper Problem for Military?”

Also covered in:
Yahoo News

1.3.2011 – The Boston Globe: “Alarms on Sex Assaults in the Military”

December 2010

12.23.2010 – The Veterans Blog: “Civil Liberties Advocates Suing Government for Sexual Assault Records”

12.23.2010 – Al Jazeera: “Military Sexual Abuse ‘Staggering’” [pdf]

12.22.2010 – Spryhut: “Rape Victims Ask, Military Won’t Tell”

12.22.2010 – Honors American Studies Blog: “Current Event – Sexual Assaults in Military Academies”

12.21.2o1o – Pink Banana: “DADT Repeal Means Joy, Sorrow, and Still a Threat of Discharge for Now”

12.20.2010 – Igniting Change: “Weekly Round-Up: Grantees Making Waves Nationwide”

12.20.2010 – Palm Center, YubaNet: “New Book Will Chronicle History of DADT Repeal” [pdf]

12.20.2010 – Standard-Examiner: “Sex Assaults Up 150% at Air Force Academy”

12.20.2010 – The World According to Bill Fisher: “Suit Seeks Military Records”

12.17.2010 – Justice News Flash: “Military’s Refusal to Release Sexual Abuse Records Incites Lawsuit”

12.16.2010 – Bloomberg.com: “Rape Victims Ask, Military Won’t Tell on Assaults: Ann Woolner” [pdf]

12.16.2010 – Talk Nation Radio: “Information is Democracy for Iran Policy or Military Sexual Trauma Cases”

12.16.2010 – Feministing: “The Latest in Justice and the Military”

12.16.2010 – Pam’s House Blend: “Pentagon Report: Sexual Assault Reports up 64% at Military Academies”

12.16.2010 – LEZGETReal: “Sexual Assault Reports Up 64% at Military Academics”

12.15.2010 – Reuters: “The Voice of a Veteran”

12.15.2010 – The Trauma Lines Blog: “Groups Call for Greater Transparency Regarding Military Sexual Trauma”

12.15.2010 – The Alyona Show: “Pentagon Hiding Rape Cases”

12.15.2010 – Alliance Alert: “Left Wing Groups Sue Over Sexual Assault Epidemic in the Military Admist Calls for DADT Repeal and Women in Combat”

12.15.2010 – CNN.com: “Sexual Assault Reports Spike in Military Academies, Report Shows”

12.15.2010 – Government Executive: “Military Academies Report a 64 Percent Increase in Sexual Assault Reports” [pdf]

12.15.2010 – Courthouse News Service: “Women Veterans Sue Pentagon for Information on Military Rape”

12.14.2010 – Army Times, AP: “ACLU Lawsuit: Military Won’t Release Rape Records” [pdf]

Also covered in:
Military Times

12.14.2010 – shewired.com: “Female Vets and the ACLU Call on Dept. of Defense for Transparency Around Military Sexual Trauma”

12.14.2010 – PRESSTV: “Pentagon Sued Over Army Rape Records” [pdf]

12.13.2010 – NPR, AP: “ACLU Lawsuit: Military Won’t Release Rape Records” [pdf]

Also covered in:
MSNBC
Yahoo! News [pdf]
Salon [pdf]
The Gazette [pdf]
Mercury News [pdf]
Fox News [pdf]
CAAFLOG
KSRO
KTTC [pdf]

12.13.2010 – Pride in Utah: “Female Vets and ACLU Sue Military for Records on Rape”

12.13.2010 – Pam’s House Blend: “Service Women’s Action Network, ACLU File Fed Suit to Obtain Military Data on Rape, Sexual Assault”

12.13.2010 – Connexion, Pam’s House Blend: “Service Women’s Action Network, ACLU File Fed Suit to Obtain Military Data on Rape, Sexual Assault”

12.13.2010- LEZGETReal.com: “Women Vets, ACLU Sue Pentagon, VA for Military Rape Records”

12.13.2010 – Yale Daily News: “Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic Representing Plaintiffs in Federal Suit”

12.13.2010 – ACLU Press Release: “SWAN and ACLU File Lawsuit Seeking Military Sexual Trauma Records Withheld by Federal Government”

12.10.2010 – NPR Radio: “What’s Next For ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’?”

12.10.2010 – Feministing: “Republicans Block DADT Repeal”

12.10.2010 – KateClinton.com: “SWAN Song of Praise”

12.10.2010 – The Province, “Meditation Isn’t Just About Relaxing” [pdf]

12.10.2010 – SRNNews.com: “Media Culture: Yoga for Vets NYC Class”

12.1.2010 – Home Post: “Female Marine: Military Leadership Essential if ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ is Repealed”

12.1.2010 – Uprising Radio: “LGBT Activists Get Boost from DoD’s Study on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

12.1.2010 – The American Legion Magazine: “The Federal Hiring Gauntlet: Veterans face roadblocks to getting jobs with the government they defended”

November 2010

11.30.2010 – U.S. Department of Defense: “Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’” [pdf]

11.30.2010 – It’s a Free Blog: “Sexism and Racism Lurk in Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Enforcement”

11.30.2010 – Kirk and the Crew, WMAY: “Anuradha Bhagwati on DADT” [mp3]

11.29.2010 – NPR Radio: “Pentagon’s Report on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Due”

11.27.2010 – MercuryNews.com: “Struggling to Serve Female Veterans”

11.22.2010 – PRWeb: “2010 U.S. Human Rights Heroes Announced”

11.22.2010 – OTBKB, “Petra Foundation: Helping Those Who Help the Disenfranchised”

11.21.2010 – The Petra Foundation Channel: “2010 Petra Fellow Anuradha Bhagwati”

11.17.2010 – Star Tribune: “Struggling to Serve Women Vets”

11.11.2010 – Under the Microscrope, The Feminist Press: “A salute to the women of military science”

11.11.2010 – NY City News Service: “Swimming for Veterans Off Coney Island”

11.11.2010 – AlterNet: “Time to Stop Making Nice to Military”

11.11.2010 – GRITtv with Laura Flanders: “The F Word: Changing Deadly Hate in the Military”

11.9.2010 – Brooklyn Daily Eagle: “Coney Swim Raises Money for Veterans, Military Families”

11.8.2010 – Change.org: “Did Dan Choi Have to Use Sexist Slurs to Defend DADT Repeal?”

11.4.2010 – Feministing: “The Service Women’s Action Network calls Dan Choi out for his Misogyny”

11.4.2010 – Progressive Daily: “Morning Blend”

11.4.2010 – Susan’s Place Transgender Resources: “The Service Women’s Action Network calls Dan Choi out for his Misogyny”

11.3.2010 – Pam’s House Blend: “The Service Women’s Action Network to Dan Choi: Your Comments Were Unacceptable”

11.2.2010 – LEZGETReal.com: “Two Open Letters Call for Lt. Dan Choi To Apologize For Sexist And Degrading Comment”

11.2.2010 – The New Civil Rights Movement: “Dan Choi: Comments Unbecoming”

11.1.2010 – The New Civil Rights Movement: “Dan Choi Chastised, LGBT And Womens’ Groups Demand Apology For Slur”

October 2010

10.13.2010 – Tell Me More, NPR: “‘Log Cabin’ Republicans React To Ruling On Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

September 2010

9.28.2010 – First Department Hearing, New York State Court: “Non-Testifying Witnesses’ Written Testimony” [pdf]

9.27.2010 – PolitiFact Texas: “Sen. John Cornyn says that the annual defense authorization bill includes language that would require military hospitals to provide abortions ‘on demand”

9.20.2010 – Out for Justice, NCLR: “Even When You Can’t See the Scars, They are Clearly Visible: Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

9.9.2010 – Jezebel: “Why Women Suffer More Under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

9.7.2010 – Feminists For Choice: “Women suffer more under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

9.2010 – In the Life: “The State of Equality”

August 2010

8.25.2010 – KOHK Fox 25: “Rape Causing PTSD”

8.10.2010 – Igniting Change, The Ms. Foundation for Women: “SWAN Sets Record Straight on Costs of Military Sexual Assault”

8.4.2010 – The Huffington Post: “Separate, Unequal, and Unrecognized”

8.2010 – Yoga Journal: “Warriors at Peace”

July 2010

7.14.2010 – Colorlines: “Sexual Assault Left Out of Military’s PTSD Reform”

7.13.2010 – Statesmen.com: “More vets may get treatment for PTSD”

7.13.2010 – Igniting Change, The Ms. Foundation for Women: “Homelessness on the Rise Among Female Vets”

7.12.2010 – Time Magazine: “How We’re Failing Our Female Veterans”

7.8.2010 – The New York Times: “Should More Veterans Get P.T.S.D. Benefits?”

7.2010 – USMedicine.com: “Lack of Research and Treatment Programs Burdens Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma”

June 2010

6.25.2010 – Mashable: “How Social Media is Helping Veterans Connect”

6.7.2010 – Global Sister.Org: “Meet the Organization: SWAN”

6.2.2010 – The Street: “‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Public Town Hall Held in California”

May 2010

5.30.2010 – Savannah Morning News: “Service to Country Built on Sacrifices”

5.30.2010 – Huffington Post: “Responding to Military Sexual Trauma – Still A Long Way to Go”

5.30.2010 – LA Talk Radio: “Memorial Day Show”

5.27.2010 – USA Today: “‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ affects women, minorities more”

5.25.2010 – The Indian Angle: “In Honor of Memorial Day”

January 2010

1.4.2010 – Huffington Post: “Command Indiscretion”

2009

12.30.2009 – The Day, “Former cadet looks to redefine her life”

12.27.2009 – The New York Times: “A Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.’s”

12.16.2009 – PRI & WNYC: “Female Veterans Navigate Male-Dominated VA System”

12.14.2009 – Columbia Law School: “Veterans decry lack of legal redress for sexual harassment in the military”

11.18.2009 – Feminist Magazine Pacifica Radio: “Veteran Service Women”

11.11.2009 – Democracy Now!: “Sexual Assaults, Inadequate Healthcare Among Spate of Issues Facing Women Servicemembers”

11.9.2009 – GRITtv: “For Today’s Veterans, What does Survival Mean?”

11.2009 – The Advocate: “Caught in the Crossfire” [pdf]

10.9.2009 – CNN: “Impact of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell on Women” [pdf]

10.9.2009 – CBS News: “Pentagon Won’t Ask, Won’t Tell”

9-10.2009 – Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law and Policy: “A Case for Federal Oversight of Military Sexual Harassment” [pdf]

7.16.2009 – US House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: “Eliminating the Gaps: Examining Women Veterans’ Issues” [pdf]

7.14.2009 – On Point with Tom Ashbrook: “Voices of Honor”

7.10.2009 – The Huffington Post, “Athena Crossing the Potomac”

7.8.2009 – Boston Globe: “Women Veterans fall through cracks in the system”

6.18.2009 – US House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: “Addressing the Backlog: Can the US Department of Veterans Affairs Manage One Million Claims?” [pdf]

5.26.2009 – The Huffington Post: “A Tale of Two Contracts”

5.23.2009 – The American Prospect: “Honor Military Families with Adequate Health Care”

5.20.2009 – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: “The Growing Needs of Women Veterans: Is the VA Ready?”

5.6.2009 – NPR: “The Nation: The Plight of Women Soldiers”

5.2009 – In Their Boots

4.13.2009 – The American Prospect: “The Combat Within: Female Veterans and PTSD Benefits”

3.30.2009 – The New York Times: “Rape and the Military”

3.25.2009 – NY Daily News: “25% Increase in Sex Assault in Combat Zones”

3.23.2009 – The Huffington Post: “The Fox and the Henhouse”

3.20.2009 – The Women’s Media Center: “‘Lonely Soldier Monologues’ Only Opens an Essential National Conversation”

3.16.2009 – The Huffington Post: “VA Presumes All Veterans are Dishonorable”

1.2009 – South Asian Journalist Association: “Yoga for Veterans”

2008

12.30.2008 – The Washington Post: “Deployment Overseas Being Used More in Custody Battles”

12.4.2008 – Newsday: “Veterans Deserve Better” [pdf]