Women's Issues

Gender Inequalities Persist In Hawaii High School Sports 6 Years After Locker Room Scandal Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Gender Inequalities Persist In Hawaii High School Sports 6 Years After Locker Room Scandal

A class-action lawsuit over problems at Campbell High School has been settled, but the state still has a lot of work to do to comply with a federal anti-discrimination law.

State Buildings, UH Campuses May Provide Period Products For Free Gabriela Cervantes/Civil Beat/2024

State Buildings, UH Campuses May Provide Period Products For Free

Supporters say it would be an important step toward gender equity since too many people aren’t able to buy menstrual products.

Why Do Some Men Commit Domestic Violence? Trauma And Social Isolation May Play A Role Getty Images

Why Do Some Men Commit Domestic Violence? Trauma And Social Isolation May Play A Role

Beliefs about traditional gender roles dictating how men and women should act is another significant contributing factor to domestic violence.

Congress Must Fully Fund Nutrition Programs For Women, Infants And Children Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2022

Congress Must Fully Fund Nutrition Programs For Women, Infants And Children

There are 25,000 WIC participants in Hawaii, but federal budget cuts are looming.

How Much Longer Before There Is Pay Equity For Women? Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

How Much Longer Before There Is Pay Equity For Women?

They work 73 extra days to earn what men earn in a year. Hawaii should take the lead in fighting this.

Free Menstrual Products Proposed For State Buildings Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Free Menstrual Products Proposed For State Buildings

Senate Bill 891 needs to clear a hearing in the Senate Ways and Means Committee by Friday to advance.

Women Increasingly Take The Helm To Perpetuate Polynesian Voyaging Traditions David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

Women Increasingly Take The Helm To Perpetuate Polynesian Voyaging Traditions

Meet the wahine leaders navigating thousands of miles on voyaging canoes, using the natural world as their guide.

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion only underscores how much work remains ahead.

An Innovative Education Program At Women’s Community Correctional Center Toni Schwartz/State Of Hawaii/2022

An Innovative Education Program At Women’s Community Correctional Center

Cooperative learning strategies and incentives help imprisoned inmates undertake academic studies to get their GED.

Create Task Force To End Invisibility, Abuse Of Filipino Women Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Create Task Force To End Invisibility, Abuse Of Filipino Women

They represent nearly one-third of all domestic violence victims in Hawaii.