2021-08-18 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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Countyof Hawaii Mitchell D Roth, Mayor COMMITTEE ON TIME STATUS OF WOMEN c/o 655 Kiilauea Avenue - Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 (808) 9 61-0466 . Fax (808) 961-8908 iv. Mihael informed that the space on YWCA website is not meant for storage of internal docs, but for materials shared to the community v. Brooke offered to set up a FB page and social media guidelines. vi. Mihaela motioned for the subcommittee to set up rules, procedures, and FB page before the September mtg. Brooke seconded. Motion approved c. Outreach - Shana i. Shana proposed the following subcommittee goals: • Support mission of CSW • Provide direct services to women of county • Be resources to women of county • Raise awareness in collab w/ Communications • Provide education and volunteer opportunities for Current Projects • Teen Dating Violence • Real Women Essay • Ma'i Movement No report. iii. Proposal • Draft resolution to designate 2022 as Year of the Mother. "Malama Makuahine" o Mihaela requested to expand the definition of ,'mother" to "parent" to be more inclusive. Kahea requested that we include formerly incarcerated women. d. Research - Puna i. Puna asked where data and research is currently stored ii. Shana said she would share the HT event survey and results iii. Diana shared that the County has a research and development dept. and she was willing to connect the subcommittee w/ them. Puna to follow up and get updated data for current status of women report. iv. Shana recommended that we include new census data. e. Legislative & Advocacy - Mihaela i. Subcommittee will come up w/ legislative ideas and identify partners. Diana recommended utilizing Cyd for resources on drafting bills ii. Human Trafficking July 30th Recent event had 70 participants. Mayor, Sen. Ocasio, Councilwoman Kierkowitz all spoke. iii. Equal Pay No report.