The country that really stands out as having the most coordinated and proactive approach is the United States. They've been at this the longest. They have actively addressed women veterans' issues in policy and research since about 1983, when they set up an advisory committee of women veterans working with Veterans Affairs. Of course, since 1951 they've also had the DACOWITS, which is the defense advisory committee on women in the services.
The approach is a very different one, in which government actively leads those efforts. I think that's one of the reasons we see such a difference in research on women veterans between Canada and the U.S., because in the U.S. it's Veterans Affairs and the veterans health administration that actually leads a lot of the research that's happening, coordinates it and sums it up.
That's very different from in Canada, where individuals apply for funding and where a lot of research is contracted out. That's the way we do things in Canada, but it is not a very effective way of filling the gaps that exist.