Women's Issues

Lee Cataluna: Watershed Moment In Girls Sports Was Notable For Its Normalcy Brian McInnis/Spectrum News/2025

Lee Cataluna: Watershed Moment In Girls Sports Was Notable For Its Normalcy

If you watched the first state championship game, you might have thought Hawaiʻi schools had always played flag football.

Adults Can Still Marry Teens At 15 After Death Of Proposed Ban In Hawaiʻi Getty Images

Adults Can Still Marry Teens At 15 After Death Of Proposed Ban In Hawaiʻi

Ninety Hawaiʻi residents under 18, most girls, got married in the last decade. State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura says marriage can be beneficial for young people. 

Feds Want To Protect Hawaiʻi Female Athletes. Let’s Show Them How Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Feds Want To Protect Hawaiʻi Female Athletes. Let’s Show Them How

Campbell High’s class action lawsuit has shown that female athletes in the state face real problems. We need help from readers to ferret out issues at other schools.

Shootz! Photo Essay: Mixing Ponytails And Pigskin With Aloha Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Shootz! Photo Essay: Mixing Ponytails And Pigskin With Aloha

Hawai’i becomes the 14th state to officially sanction girls high school flag football as a varsity sport.

Why We Should Support Women And Gender Studies At UH Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Why We Should Support Women And Gender Studies At UH

The value of these programs to Hawaiʻi is only underscored by Trump’s recent executive orders on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Women’s Court May Be Renewed On Oʻahu And Expanded To Other Islands David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Women’s Court May Be Renewed On Oʻahu And Expanded To Other Islands

Like Drug Court, the initiative is designed to help nonviolent offenders navigate the justice system without going to jail.

Girls Are Losing Out In Hawai‘i’s Push To Train Kids For High-Paying Jobs David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Girls Are Losing Out In Hawai‘i’s Push To Train Kids For High-Paying Jobs

Career-based education has rapidly gained traction in Hawaiʻi schools, but not all programs are attracting boys and girls equally.

What The Data Shows About Gender Inequality In High School Career Prep David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

What The Data Shows About Gender Inequality In High School Career Prep

Use Civil Beat’s searchable database to see how your school is doing when it comes to closing gender gaps in career preparation programs.

Women Inmates Can Work Out At New Prison Gym David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Women Inmates Can Work Out At New Prison Gym

Prison officials hope the exercise room will boost inmates’ sense of well-being, telling them it’s “a step towards reclaiming your own strength.”

Lee Cataluna: Hawaii’s Greatest Leaders Were Childless Women Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Lee Cataluna: Hawaii’s Greatest Leaders Were Childless Women

Despite what JD Vance may think, there is no direct correlation between parenthood and fitness to lead a country.