Women's Issues

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.

Restorative Justice Group Calls For Sweeping Reform Of Women’s Prison System Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Restorative Justice Group Calls For Sweeping Reform Of Women’s Prison System

The Women’s Prison Project helped introduce 12 bills they say would improve the state’s prison system for women.

Girls Are Leading Hawaii’s Teen Vaping Epidemic Courtesy: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids/2021

Girls Are Leading Hawaii’s Teen Vaping Epidemic

The state must pass comprehensive legislation to regulate access to these products by our keiki.

Too Few Women Get To Invent – That’s A Problem For Women’s Health Getty Images/iStockphoto

Too Few Women Get To Invent – That’s A Problem For Women’s Health

Male researchers have often overlooked the medical needs of women.

In Hawaii Legislature, 17% Of Women Have Leadership Roles Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

In Hawaii Legislature, 17% Of Women Have Leadership Roles

That’s far better than Montana with zero but far behind Oregon with 67%.