2023-04-19 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 b. Equal Pay i. Farrah will provide in Legislative report. ii. Shana discussed grant process for car seat purchases to give out. Allen emailed to Shana and Farrah to provide to the organizations that the CSW would like to provide funding or items to. F. Legislative a. Legislative priorities — Reminder that community can still provide testimony by zoom to council. The CSW should also remind council that we would like to be aware of bills or resolutions so that we can support with testimony, especially as it relates to Native Hawaiian women. b. Human Trafficking - Ho'ola Napua has free curriculum available to the community. LT is going into schools meeting with administration and teachers for awareness. c. Equal Pay — Farrah provided an explanation on why national equal pay day moved from April to March which means the pay gap is closing slightly. Will distribute literature on Equal Pay information once it is received. d. Hawaii Island Women's Leadership Summit - Farrah will share the grants paperwork to Friends of the Future. e. Missing Murdered Native Hawaiian Women and Girls (MMNHWG) - Previously approved purchases of red dresses has not been made. So cannot do event as discussed, red dress campaign on May 5t". Farrah provided discussion and options for honoring this date. X. ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Women`s Wellness Mana Mama will be on May 19th from 12-7pm in West Hawaii — Christina will send out flyer once it is available. b. MMIWG conference in Albuquerque in June. c. Denim Day 2023 is April 26. Flyer can be found on the CSW FB page. d. Malama the Mind 5/20 at Prince Kuhio Plaza. e. Revitalize Puna 7/8 - Rachelle will send flyer out to the committee. XI. ADJOURNMENT - 11:07 Adjourn Next meeting: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 9:30am via Zoom 11