Consultation with Women Veterans
Consultation with Women Veterans
The Women Veterans Forum provides a platform for women veterans to raise issues directly with the Australian Government and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), and to create new channels of communication between DVA and the veteran community. The Forum is attended by women veterans and other representatives from the veteran community.
The inaugural Women Veterans Forum (the Forum) was held in 2016 and has been conducted each subsequent year. During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual engagements were implemented to maintain community connection and gather feedback.
The Forum is one way government and DVA are listening to women veterans and using their feedback to co-design future DVA policy and service delivery options.
Participants are selected annually via an Expression of Interest process.
Expressions of Interest
Expressions of Interest for our 2026 Women Veterans Forum are now open!
Your voice matters, and we encourage all women who have served in the Australian Defence Force to get involved.
The Forum is an opportunity to co-design future DVA policy and service delivery, informed by your lived experience.
For more information and to register your interest, please see the Expression of Interest Form
Registrations close 11.59pm AEDT 31 January 2026.
If you have any questions about the upcoming Forum, please email consultation@dva.gov.au.
To be notified about other upcoming community-specific engagement opportunities with DVA that might be of interest, subscribe to DVA’s Women Veterans Mailing List.
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Reports from each of the Forum engagements can be seen below.
Please note that this Forum was previously known as the Female Veterans & Veterans’ Families Policy Forum, where women veterans attended the Forum concurrently with veteran family members. This event now exists separately, as the Veteran Families Forum.
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