2022-03-16 Committee on the Status of Women Minutes

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County of Hawaii MITCHELL D. ROTH COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Mayor c/o 655 Kilauea Avenue • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-0466 • Fax (808) 961-8908 The Ma'i Movement requested testimony in support by 2 p.m. on March 16 for the March 17 hearing. Farrah -Marie shared that the CSW's recent funding approval for period products has not been processed yet. Cyd said she would ask the HSCSW to make a public statement in support of the Malama Makuahine initiative. ACTION ITEM: Cyd to send info to Allen about HSCSW sponsorship requests. B. Family Violence Interagency Committee (FVIC) Kahea attended the March meeting and Allen sent the minutes to the committee for review. Testimony is requested for SB2114 relating to human trafficking. A March 17 hearing is scheduled. Christina also attended and said that the FVIC meetings in Kona are now being held on the second Wednesday of each month. She also mentioned their discussion about per diem judges in family courts in West Hawai'i and the lack of consistency. She said April is National Crime Victim's Week and National Sex Assault Awareness Month, which FVIC will observe this month. Farrah -Marie suggested that the Kona FVIC minutes be shared with the CSW. C. Missing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women and Girls Task Force Farrah said the task force didn't meet since the last meeting in February, so there is no new information to share. The next meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2022 at noon via Zoom. IX. OLD BUSINESS A. Sub -Committee Memberships a. Nomination and Election of Sub -Committee members Sub -Committees were chosen by the committee as follows: Communications (Farrah -Marie, Elena, Shana); Outreach (Shang, Hannah, Kahea); Research (Farrah -Marie, Lisa, Christine); Legislative and Advocacy (Kahea, Shana, Lisa) MOTION: Kahea motioned to add Christina Basham to the Research Subcommittee; Andrew seconded the motion; the Committee voted to approve. Motion passed. B. Communications Sub -Committee reports a. Updates to brochure Farrah -Marie shared there are no updates to the brochure yet due to ongoing committee changes and one more vacancy that needs to be filled. She asked Diana if she was aware of the status of the vacancy. Diana was not aware, but offered to follow-up with Pomai. ACTION ITEM: Diana will follow up with Pomai Bortolome with the Mayor's Office to see if there are any new applicants for the last committee vacancy. 2