Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)
Anu Bhagwati, Executive Director
SWAN’s mission is to transform military culture by securing equal opportunity and freedom to serve without discrimination, harassment, or assault, and to reform veterans’ services to ensure high-quality health care and benefits for women veterans and their families. SWAN accomplishes its mission through policy reform, media advocacy, litigation, and direct services. Anu Bhagwati is both Executive Director and Co-Founder of SWAN. A former captain and company commander, she served as a Marine officer from 1994 to 2004. The following is from testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee during a June 4, 2013, hearing on Pending Legislation Regarding Sexual Assaults in…
