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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020_0819_CSW_PacketDarcie Yukimura Members: Chair in E. r 1 �,r 17 nL-i Deena Fontana Moraes Angela K. Hoover Regina Carvalho Monica A. Kawakami Vice Chair Erika Valente 'zo AUG>> �1 :15 TBD Edith Ignacio Neumiller Secretary HSCSW Commissioned _A, 1 Ex-officio Member Kathy Crowell E't K�1�r1;`i Treasurer COUNTY OF KAUA`I COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN NOTICE OF TELECONFERENCE MEETING AND AGENDA Wednesday, August 19, 2020 5:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter Microsoft Teams Phone Number: 1-469-848-0234 Conference ID: 316 426 488# This meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams teleconference only. Members of the public are invited to join the meeting by calling the phone number above and when prompted enter the conference ID information. You may testify during the teleconference or submit written testimony in advance of the meeting via e-mail, fax, or mail. To avoid excessive noise/feedback, please mute your phone and unmute to testify. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENTS AND TESTIMONY Individuals may orally testify on any agenda item at this time. Anyone interested in providing oral or written testimony shall provide a request to the Office of Boards and Commissions prior to the day of the meeting to smuragin(a,kauai.gov or by fax (808) 241-5127, or mailed to: Committee on the Status of Women, Pi'ikoi Building, 4444 Rice Street Suite 300, Lihue, 96766. This request shall include your name, telephone number, E-mail address, and the specific agenda item(s) that you will be testifying on or provided comments on. Any testimony received after this time will be incorporated into the record as appropriate. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Open Session Minutes of July 15, 2020 An Equal Opportunity Employer BUSINESS CSW 2020-08 Accept and approve a replacement Secretary seat for the remaining calendar year 2020. CSW 2020-06 Continued discussion and possible amendments to the By -Laws dated 12/11/09. [7/15/201 A. Review and possible decision -making on the first draft amendments to the By -Laws Kauai County Committee on the Status of Women document. B. Overview to amend by-laws. C. Discuss other related matters. CSW 2020-07 Continued discussion and possible action on the approved events for 2020 and proposal of events for 2021. [7/15/20] A. Committee to review list and decide which events to implement in 2020 and 2021. B. Discuss other related matters. CSW 2020-09 Discussion and possible decision on a Breast Cancer Awareness Month event proposed for October. A. Vice Chair Carvalho to share any findings or updates. B. Discuss other related matters. CSW 2020-10 Discussion and possible decision on a partnership with the Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership Girl's Summit event on Kauai. A. Member Fontana Moraes to share any findings or updates. B. Discuss other related matters. CSW 2020-11 Discussion and possible action to participate with the National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW) Virtual Conference scheduled August 23-25, 2020. A. Review annual conference schedule. B. Discuss other related matters. CSW 2019-06 The Voices of Women in America Survey project. [4/17/19, 5/15/19, 6/19/19, 7/17/19, 8/21/19, 9/18/19, 10/21/19, 11/19/19, 12/18/19] A. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller to share email dated July 31, 2020, from HSCSW Director Khara Jabola Carolus on the survey results. B. Discuss other related matters. 2 1 P a u e Committee on the Status of Women — August 19, 2020 COMMISSIONER'S REPORT CSW 2020-12 Discussion and possible action for a County of Kauai Resolution to support the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women COVID-19 Gender Equality Recovery Program. A. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller to propose resolution. B. Discuss other related matters. CSW 2020-13 Discussion and possible action for the Committee to create a list of bills and issues for the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women's (HWCSW) 2021 Legislative Session. C. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller to share. D. Discuss other related matters. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 5:00 p.m., Teleconference with Microsoft Teams. 2. Announcements and other pertinent updates from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women Commissioner Edith Ignacio Neumiller. ADJOURNMENT NOTICE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes §92-7 (a), the Committee may, when deemed necessary, hold an executive session on any agenda item without written public notice if the executive session was not anticipated in advance. Any such executive session shall be held pursuant to HRS §92-4 and shall be limited to those items described in HRS §92-5(a). Discussions held in Executive Session are closed to the public. PUBLIC COMMENTS and TESTIMONY SPEAKER REGISTRATION Prior to the day of the meeting: Persons wishing to testify are requested to register their name, phone number and agenda item via email to: smuragin(a,kauai.ggy or call 808-241-4919. On the day of the meeting: Persons who have NOT registered to testify by the time the meeting begins will be given the opportunity to speak on an item following oral testimony from registered speakers. Each speaker is limited to a three -minute presentation on each item 31 Committee on the Status of Women — August 19, 2020 WRITTEN TESTIMONY Prior to the day of the meeting: Testimonies may be emailed: smuragin a.kauai.gov , faxed: 808-241-5127, or mailed: Committee on the Status of Women, Office of Boards and Commissions, Pi'ikoi Building, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 300, Lihue, HI 96766. Please include your name and if applicable, your position/title and organization you are representing along with the agenda item that you are providing comments on. While every effort will be made to copy, organize and collate all testimony received, materials received improperly identified may be distributed to the members after the meeting is concluded. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE If you need an auxiliary aid/service, other accommodation due to a disability, or an interpreter for non-English speaking persons, please contact the Office of Boards and Commissions at (808) 241-4917 or as egreti@kauai.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible will allow adequate time to fulfill your request. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy. 4 1 P a g e Committee on the Status of Women — August 19, 2020 COUNTY F � 9 RI0Ut,COU O KAUAI ,...� � � �� .�..1 Minutes of Meeting OPEN SESSION Board/Committee: Committee on the Status of Women Meeting Date I July 15, 2020 Location Teleconference via Microsoft Teams Start of Meeting: 5:00 p.m. I End of Meeting: 5:50 p.m. Present Chair Darcie Yukimura. Treasurer Kathy Crowell. Member: Deena Fontana Moraes, Monica Kawakami and Erika Valente. Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women Commissioner Edith Ignacio Neumiller. Office of Boards and Commissions: Administrator Ellen Ching and Commission Support Clerk Sandra Muragin. Excused Member Angela Hoover. Absent Vice Chair Regina Carvalho. SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Chair Yukimura, Treasurer Crowell, Member Fontana Moraes, Member Kawakami, Member Valente, Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller, Administrator Ellen Ching and Support Clerk Sandra Muragin were signed into Microsoft Teams by video. Call To Order Chair Yukimura called the meeting to order in open session at 5:00 p.m. and began with a Roll Call warm welcome to Member Monica Kawakami. She stated that Ms. Kawakami would be amongst a wonderful team of women who advocate for all issues that concern women and her contribution would have the ability to elevate and raise the interest on all issues that concerned women. Ms. Kawakami expressed her deep gratitude for the warm welcome and was honored and excited to serve on the committee. Chair Yukimura requested a roll call. Commission support clerk Sandra Muragin verified attendance by roll call and requested a verbal response of present or here; Treasurer Crowell replied present. Member Fontana Moraes replied here. Member Hoover was excused. Member Kawakami replied here. Member Valente replied here. Vice Chair Carvalho no response. is Committee on Status of Women Open Session July 15, 2020 Page 2 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Chair Yukimura replied present. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller replied here Administrator Ellen Ching replied present. Quorum established with five Commission Support Clerk Sandra Muragin replied here. members present. Public No one from the public logged into the Teams meeting. Testimony Approval of A. Open Session Minutes of June 17, 2020. Member Valente moved to Minutes approve the Open Session Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller temporarily lost connection at S: 04pm and was able to log minutes of June 17, 2020, as back into the meeting within a minute. circulated. Treasurer Crowell seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0. Treasurer's 1. 2019-2020 Fiscal Budget Member Valente moved to Report a. 4th quarter final review. accept the 4th quarter Treasurer's Report, as Treasurer Crowell reported that the remaining balance of $81.80 which was adjusted to circulated. Ms. Fontana Moraes $0.00 as of June 30, 2020. seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: 5-Ayes, 0-Nays. Motion carried 5:0. 2. 2020-2021 Fiscal Budget a. Review annual budget and possible action on budget allocation. Treasurer Crowell reported that the new fiscal budget was allocated $1,000. Administrator Ellen Ching shared that although the committee was allotted a $1,000 budget, due to deficits faced in the State and County's budget, it could possibly change at any moment. She highlighted the situation by reminding the committee that they have proven themselves in the past to create awareness and carry out their duties with a minimum budget. She was confident that this would not hinder their ability to continue to advocate in the community and bring awareness to women's issues. Chair Yukimura said that prior to the COVID 19 pandernic they were ambitious and outlined a healthy budget request. They are Committee on Status of Women Open Session July 15, 2020 Page 3 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION now faced with less resources; however, they can tap into other means with the present members and partnerships established. She was certain that the committee could still bring awareness to the issues and asked for flexibility moving forward. 2. State Grant M15001 — Hawai`i State Commission on the Status of Women Grant to support on -going advocacy and work towards equality for women and girls by acting as a catalyst for positive change through education, collaboration and program development. a. 4th quarter update and review. Treasurer Crowell reported a balance of $567.04. 3. Logo Items Inventory a. 4th quarter update and review. Treasurer Crowell reviewed the inventory balance of logo items with the committee. Business CSW 2020-03 Update on items approved for funding from the fiscal budget 2019-2020. [4/21/20, 5/4/20, 5/20/20, 6/17/20] A. Ms. Valente to share final report on social media advertisements with YWCA. B. Discussion on other related matters. Ms. Valente referred to her one -page report that displayed the two advertisement prints, as well as, the advertising dates, reach count and total campaign cost. She explained that Facebook unexpectedly invoiced her personal credit card and she was under the impression that it could be billed at the end of the campaign and paid by the Boards and Commissions credit card. Regardless of the invoice mistake, Ms. Valente said the partnership with YWCA made an impact and it was worth the time and effort. She encouraged the committee to consider establishing its own digital space and set it up as a resource for women and girls. Ms. Valente said the reality was that girls and the general public digest media information through various online social outlets and it was time for the committee to come up with a solution to create another advertising platform. Chair Yukimura thanked Ms. Valente for taking the lead in promoting resources for domestic violence victims in our community. Committee on Status of Women Open Session July 15, 2020 Page 4 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION CSW 2020-04 Hawai`i State Commission on the Status of Women — Statement for Black Lives dated June 2, 2020. A. Ellen Ching to share update on status of press release. B. Discussion on other related matters. Chair Yukimura stated the Mayor and the County made an official press release and no further statements was required. CSW 2020-05 Discussion and possible approval to participate with the American Association of University Women (AAUW) "Celebrating Women of Leadership and Courage, 100`h Anniversary of the 19`h Amendment Ratificaiton of the Women's Right to Vote" event on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 4:30 p.m. at Kukui Grove Center Main Stage area. A. Secretary Ignacio Neumiller to share email correspondence with AAUW Kauai President Beverly Tobias. B. Discussion on other related matters. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller shared that if the committee wanted to participate, it would involve setting up a resource table with information. She said the AAUW had a ZOOM meeting scheduled tomorrow and she had no further updates to share. She would email further information to Ms. Muragin for disbursement to everyone. With no further action, Chair Yukimura moved on to the next agenda item. CSW 2020-06 Discussion and possible amendments to the By -Laws dated 12/11/09. A. Update Office of Boards and Commissions address. B. Update Section 5. Officers Powers and Duties. C. Discussion on other related matters. Chair Yukimura opened up the floor for discussion on a possible removal of the Secretary position whose duties have been supported by the Office of Boards and Commissions. Member Valente felt it should remain unchanged in the By -Laws because it provided a backup should there be a situation where it became necessary for the secretary to assist in Committee on Status of Women Open Session July 15, 2020 Page 5 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION that capacity. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller said in the past the secretary would take notes on action items and disseminate to the members, but that became unnecessary and eliminated it. Treasurer Crowell agreed with both responses. Ms. Ching summarized by stating that the original intent to amend the By -Laws was to change the Office of Boards and Commissions address and a motion was needed to change Member Valente moved to the address. approve the amendments to the By -Laws with the change of address for the Office of Boards and Commissions to Pi'ikoi building, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 300, Lihue, HI 96766. Motion was seconded by Member Crowell. Roll Call Vote: 5-Ayes, 0-Nays. Motion carried 5:0. CSW 2020-07 Discussion and possible action on the approved events for 2020 and proposal of events for 2021. A. Committee to review list and decide which events to implement in 2020 and 2021. B. Discussion on other related matters. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller shared that she took the initiative to email the National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW) Board Vice President Jill Ashton, to inquire about survey results for the Voices of Women In America project and was pending a response. She was also in contact with the NACW Board member Marydith Tuitt who informed her they were planning a virtual conference August 23-25, and would send a draft agenda. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller said the virtual conference replaced the July conference that was canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic. She also mentioned that she was asked to participate in the virtual conference but did not have any finalized details to share. Chair Yukimura asked Member Fontana Moraes if she had any updates regarding the Committee on Status of Women Open Session July 15, 2020 Page 6 1 SUBJECT I DISCUSSION 1 ACTION YWCA Girls Summit event. Member Fontana Moraes requested assistance with contact information and she would check if the event would take place this year and bring that information to the next meeting. Chair Yukimura had the contact information and would forward that to her. Ms. Ching asked for direction on the breast cancer awareness event and what the committee wanted to do. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller said they want the banner placed in front of the historic county building. Ms. Valente suggested they partner with the American Cancer Society and promote the event without doing a walk. Ms. Valente said the committee should automatically light up the historic county building regardless if there is a walk or not. Ms. Ching said at the next meeting the committee would need to coordinate placing the banner. Announcements ! 1. Next Meeting: Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 5:00 p.m., Teleconference with Microsoft Teams. Chair Yukimura honored Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller who took the oath of office with the HSCSW. The committee congratulated her. Commissioner Ignacio Neumiller requested to add to next month's agenda a resolution from the CSW to the Kauai County Council on the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women COVID-19 Gender Equality Recovery Program that Maui and Hawaii County Treasurer Crowell motioned to approve highlighting breast cancer awareness month in October with a banner and pink lights at the historic county building and authorize Boards and Commissions to pay the signage fee using the fiscal budget 2020-2021. Ms. Fontana Moraes seconded the motion. Roll Call Vote: 5- Ayes, 0-Nays. Motion carried 5:0. Committee on Status of Women Open Session July 15, 2020 Page 7 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION passed. Ms. Ching announced and congratulated Chair Yukimura's promotion to Vice President of the Hawaii Community Foundation. The committee congratulated Chair! Adjournment With no objections, Chair Yukimura adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m. Submitted by: Sandra M. Muragin, Commission Support Clerk () Approved as circulated. () Approved with amendments. See meeting minutes. Reviewed and Approved by: Darcie Yukimura, Chair BY-LAWS KAUA`I COUNTY COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Amendments on August 19, 2020 Ramseyer Version Page I Formatted: Underline, Font color: Red Formatted: Font: 14 pt, Underline, Font color: Red �,�1 ao2o-o(p A, BY-LAWS KAUA'I COUNTY COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ARTICLE I- NAME ESTABLISHMENT AND LOCATION SECTION 1. This Committee established by Chapter 367, H.R.S., shall be known as the Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women. Its principal office shall be located jat-1 in the Pi'ikoi building at Lihue Hawaii. All communications to the committee shall be addressed to the Office of Boards and Commiss ions, 4444 Rice Street, Suite-1138 300 Uhu'e, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, 96766. ARTICLE II: PURPOSES SECTION 1. The purpose of the Committee shall be to develop such information concerning the status of women within the County of Kaua'i as the State Commission on the Status of Women requires or as the Committee deems advisable. The Committee shall also perform such other appropriate duties and responsibilities as may be deemed necessary by the Commission. ARTICLE III. DEFINITIONS SECTION 1. Whenever used in these By -Laws, these terms shall have the following meaning - (a) "By -Laws' mean the By -Laws of the Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women. (b) "Commission" means the State Commission on the Status of Women. (c) "County" means the County of Kaua'i. (d) "Committee" means the Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women. (e) "Ex-Officio Member" means those persons required, pursuant to Section 367 4, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, as amended, to become members of the Committee. (f) "H.R.S." means Hawai'i Revised Statutes, as amended. (g) "Mayor" means the Mayor of the County of Kaua'i. Page 2 (h) "Person" means individuals, corporations, firms, associations, societies and Federal, State and County departments and agencies. (i) "Proceeding" means any matter brought before the Committee over which it has jurisdiction. (j) "Regular member" means those persons appointed to the Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women by the Mayor, excluding any ex-officio members. ARTICLE IV. ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS SECTION 1. Membership. The Committee shall consist of not less than seven (7) regular members who are appointed by the Mayor on the basis of their interest and knowledge of local conditions and their ability to make contributions to the solution of problems relating to the status of women within the County. In addition to the regular members of the Committee, the County Attorney and the County representative of the State Commission on the Status of Women shall be ex officio members without the power to vote or hold office. All members of the Committee shall receive no compensation for their services. SECTION 2. Terms. One third of the regular members shall be appointed initially for a term of four (4) years, one-third for a term of three (3) years and one-third for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter, the terms of each regular member shall be four (4) years. SECTION 3. Officers. Officers consisting of a Chairperson, Vice -Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected annually. SECTION 4. Election. The regular members of the Committee shall annually elect the officers for the ensuing year at the first meeting after December 1. Nominations may be made by a nominating committee or from the floor, provided that prior consent is obtained from any person nominated from the floor. The term of office of any elected officer shall be one (1) year and commence on the first meeting of each new calendar year. SECTION S. Officers Powers and Duties. (a) Chair: The Chair shall have all of the executive powers necessary to effect the purposes for which the Committee was formed, and such other powers as may from time to time be granted by the Committee. The Chair's powers shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Presiding over Committee meetings Page 3 (2) Directing the preparation of the agenda for meetings and authenticating all acts of the Committee as may be required by law and signing all instruments requiring execution or agreement by the Committee. (3) Appointing of the Chair and members of any standing or special committees as may be created by the Committee. However, all such appointments shall be subject to ratification by the regular members of the Committee. (4) Calling of special meetings which may be called by the required number of regular members of the Committee, and (5) Representing the Committee or designating a member to so represent the Committee. (b) Vice -Chair. The Vice -Chair shall perform the duties of the Chair when the Chair is unable to serve. The Vice -Chair shall serve as an alternate to the Chair and shall assist in such matters as may be delegated by the Chair or the Committee. (c) Secretary. In the absence of staff support from the Office of Boards and Commissions, the Secretary shall be responsible for the minutes of the Committee and shall ensure that minutes are distributed to the officers, the members, the Mayor and to such persons as the Chair may direct. (d) Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the fiscal affairs of the Committee, and shall work closely with the support staff from the Office of Boards and Commissions. The Treasurer's duties shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Preparing the annual budget of the Committee for review and approval by the Committee based on the fiscal allocation provided by the County. (2) Working with support staff to prepare quarterly reports for the Committee or more frequently as may be deemed desirable or appropriate, and (3) Working with support staff in the oversight of the budget and proper expenditure of funds as approved by the Committee. SECTION 6. Vacancies. Vacancies in office shall be filled by an election at any duly scheduled meeting. The term of any vacancy shall be for the remaining unexpired period and commence immediately upon election. SECTION 7. Expulsion. Any regular member of the Committee who is absent for three (3) consecutive meetings without the prior consent of the Chair shall be expelled from membership. Page 4 ARTICLE V. MEETINGS SECTION 1. Meetings. The Committee may schedule meetings as required; to be held at such time and place as may be designated by the Chair. Provided however, there shall be no fewer than four (4) regular meetings per calendar year. Except as provided in Sections 92-4 and 92-5 H.R.S., all Committee meetings shall be open to the public. SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Committee may be called by written request of the Chair or by a majority of all the regular members of the Committee. Such written request shall include an explanation of the purpose and business to be transacted at the special meeting. SECTION 3. Quorum. A majority of all regular members to which the Committee is entitled shall constitute a quorum to do business. The concurrence of a majority of all the members to which the Committee is entitled shall be necessary to make any action valid. SECTION 4. Minutes. The Committee shall keep written minutes of all meetings in accordance with Sections 92-9, H.R.S. SECTION 5. Decisions and Orders. All decisions and orders of the Committee shall be made by a majority of those entitled to act on any matter and shall comply with Section 91-12, H.R.S. Committee members who have not heard and examined all of the evidence in any matter may vote on that matter only after Section 91-11 H.R.S. has been complied with. (a) Unless otherwise indicated in the decision and order, the effective date of a decision and order shall be the date the decision and order was rendered. (b) Official copies of decisions and orders and other Committee actions shall be signed by the Chair or by any other person authorized by the Committee. SECTION 6. Removal of Persons from Meeting. The Committee may remove any person or persons for the reasons specified and in the manner provided in Section 92-3 H.R.S. SECTION 7. Notice and Agenda. The Committee shall given written public notice of any regular, special, or rescheduled meeting, or any executive meeting when anticipated in advance, in the manner provided in Section 92-7, H.R.S. (a) All items to be placed on the agenda shall be submitted to the Chair no later than two (2) business days before the agenda notice is filed. The Chair may, at her discretion, place items submitted after any agenda deadline or the agenda of any future meeting. The Chair shall, consistent with Section 92-7, H.R.S. designate and approve the form and content of the agenda. Page 5 ARTICLE VI: COMMITTEES SECTION 1. Committees. The Committee may create such Standing or Special Committees as it deems necessary. SECTION 2. Appointment to Standing or Special Committees. Appointments to any Standing or Special Committee shall be made by the Chair, subject to ratification thereof by the regular members of the Committee. The Chair, in making any Standing or Special Committee appointment, shall designate the chairs and members of the Standing or Special Committees. All appointments shall be co -terminus with the term of the Chair of the particular Standing or Special Committee. SECTION 3. Transaction of Business. No Standing or Special Committee shall transact business unless a majority of the members who comprise the Standing or Special Committee are present. SECTION 4. Participation of Non -Committee Members. Any Standing or Special Committee may enlist the participation of any person in its efforts, however, only duly appointed members of the Standing or Special Committee may vote on any matter pending before the Standing or Special Committee. ARTICLE VII: RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER ENTITIES SECTION 1. Office of the Mayor. The Committee shall keep the Office of the Mayor apprised of its programs, project plans and achievements through the regular submission of meeting minutes and other relevant documents, reports, and materials. SECTION 2. State Commission of the Status of Women. The Committee shall maintain a liaison relationship with the State Commission, shall offer cooperation and assistance in State endeavors aimed at matters involving the status of women, and shall seek to coordinate the County's status of women program with the State program. ARTICLE VIII: PUBLIC INFORMATION AND INSPECTION SECTION 1. Obtaining Information. Any person may obtain information on matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee by inquiring during regular business hours, at the Office of Boards and Commissions, 4444 Rice Street, Suite-jIa5 300 Lihu'e, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 96766. SECTION 2. Public Information and Inspection Prohibited. Matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee, including confidential information or written statements of policy or Page 6 interpretations formulated, adopted or used by the Committee in the discharge of its functions, may be withheld from the public to the extent permitted by Chapter and general law. ARTICLE IX: ADOPTION, AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF BY-LAWS SECTION 1. Method of Adopting, Amending or Repealing of By -Laws. By -Laws may be adopted, amended, or repealed pursuant to Chapter 91, H.R.S. SECTION 2. Filing and Effective Date of By -Laws. Certified copies of by-laws adopted, amended or repealed by the county shall be filed and become effective pursuant to Section 91-4, H.R.S. ARTICLE XI. DECLARATORY RULING BY COMMITTEE SECTION 1. Who May Petition. Any interested person may petition the Committee for a declaratory ruling as to the applicability of any statute or ordinance in the manner provided in Section 91 8, H.R.S. SECTION 2. Petition, Form and Contents of Petition. The original copy of the petition land seven'.) cepiesl-thereof shall be submitted to the Committee and shall include: (a) The name, business or home mailin address, electronic mail (email) address and daytime telephone number of the petitioner, (b) A statement of the nature of the petitioner's interest, including reasons for the submission of the petition, (c) A designation of the specific provision, By -Law, decision or order in question, (d) A complete statement of the facts upon which the petition is based, (e) A statement of the position or contention of the petitioner, and (f) A memorandum of authorities, containing a full discussion of the reasons, includes any legal authority, in support of the position or contention. Any petition which does not conform to the foregoing requirements may be rejected. SECTION 3. Grounds for Refusal to Entertain Petition. The Committee may, in writing and for good cause, refuse to issue a declaratory ruling. Without limited the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may also refuse to issue a declaratory ruling when: (a) The question is speculative or purely hypothetical and does not involve existing facts, or facts which can reasonably be expected to exist in the near future. Page 7 (b) the petition's interest is not the type which would give the petitioner standing to maintain an action if judicial relief were sought; (c) the ruling may adversely affect the interests of the County, or the Commit -tee, or any of their officers or employees in any litigation which is pending or may reasonably be expected to arise; and (d) The matter is not within the jurisdiction of the Committee. SECTION 4. Assistance of the County Attorney or Other Agencies. When any issue of law is involved, the Committee may refer the issue to the County Attorney. The Committee may also obtain the assistance of other agencies where necessary or desirable. SECTION S. Disposition of Petition. The petition shall promptly be informed in writing of the Committee's action regarding the petition. (a) Orders disposing of petitions shall have the effect permitted by law. Orders shall be applicable only to the facts alleged in the petition or set forth in the order. Such orders shall not apply to situations whose facts differ materially. ARTICLE XIII: PARLIAMENTARY RULES SECTION 1. Robert's Rules of Order. The rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, shall govern the Committee's actions where applicable and consistent with these By -Laws. Page 8 CERTIFICATION 1 of the Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the By -Laws of the Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women. j` 6sa Else„ Smit„h1Darcie Yukimura Formatted: Font: Bold, underline Chairperson ADOPTED THIS DAY OF . j240912020, IN LIHLIE, HAWAII, [Lisa -Ellen Smith] Darcie Yukimura. Chairperson Committee on the Status of Women APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: jMeaa-GtafkL Deputy County Clerk County Attorney County of Kaua'i APPROVED ON THIS DAY OF .-j209 12020. Page 19 j .] Derik S.K. Kawakami, Mayor County of Kaua'i CERTIFICATION 1 hereby certify that the Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women adopted the foregoing amendments to the By -Laws of the Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women on , under authority of Article Vill of the By -Laws, and that the provisions of Section 91-3, Haw. Rev. Stat., as amended, have been satisfied, including the holding of a public hearing on- *[_ ' 3$�00 I, and the giving of proper notice for public hearing, which notice was advertised in the The Garden Island on-[GetebeF 1$.20091. Dated at Lihu`e, Kauai, this _day of _ = [004 2020: Boards and Commissions Support Clerk Kaua'i County Committee on the Status of Women Page I10 Timeline to amend the "By -Laws Kauai County Committee on the Status of Women" Document 1. Discuss and list/highlight amendments to the document or possibly assign two committee members to work on changes. a. Propose changes to the Committee at a scheduled meeting. 2. Support staff will draft a Ramsayer Version document. Proofread and make additional edits and changes as needed. a. This process may take several meetings before the final document. 3. Proofread final Ramsayer Version document. Approve final document at a scheduled meeting and set Public Hearing date. (publish 30 days before public hearing). 4. Support staff will draft the Public Hearing Notice with a written description of the changes. a. Notice of Public Hearing will include the date, time and location of the Public Hearing. S. Publish the "Notice of Public Hearing" in the Garden Island Newspaper (30) days before the Public Hearing Date/Committee on the Status of Women meeting. 6. Conduct the Public Hearing at a scheduled Committee on the Status of Women meeting. 7. Close the Public Hearing. 8. Approve the final document or If there are any changes to the final document it would require approval at the next scheduled meeting. 9. Once the final document is approved; a. Prepare Certificate — date of public hearing, date of adoption, chair to sign. b. Note on coversheet date of the amendments approved/adopted by the Committee on the Status of Women. c. Print five original copies of the final approved document. i. Chair signs all five original copies. ii. Deputy County Attorney signs all five original copies. iii. Mayor signs all five original copies. 10.Transmit all five original copies to the Office of the Mayor for transmittal to the Office of the County Clerk. 11.County Clerk will transmit all five original copies to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for recording. C�1 aoao-DL � COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN EVENT PLANNER 2020-2021 Mission Statement: The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women (HSCSW) works toward equality for women and girls in the State by acting as a catalyst for positive change through advocacy, education, collaboration and program development. Voices of Women in America — NACW Project (in 2020 Event: Yes Category: Partner w/NACW Event Particulars: 12/31/19 Edie Ignacio Neumiller -hollow up on survey results 12020 Event Info: I partner with NACW. Lead by Edie Ignacio Neumiller. NACW online survey, results were supposed to be available in July. 2. Career Da — MCBL Girl's Summit 2020 Event: Yes or No YES Category: Partner Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership Girls Summit Deena Fontana Moraes CSW Leader/Co-Leader: Event Date: Event Time (start & finish): Event Location: Event Particulars: -Contact if Girls Summit is still being planned for this year 2019 Event Info: partner with Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership Girl's Summit. Darcy Yukimura & Erika Valente, Thursday. October 17. 2019. 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.. Wilcox Hospital conference room. Provided 8-mentors to small group of girls during lunch and focus on interviewing soft skills, appropriate dress for career and career advising. (Reiko Matsuyama,COK DOF: Kaulana Finn.Constituent Outreach Liaison for Tulsi Gabbard: Carrice Gardner. Governer's Rep: Melody Lopez. Program Administrator Catholic Charities: Myrvie Buster. Mkt Coord GIFCU: Lisa Ledesma. Mortgage Loan Originator Hornebridge. Cassady Sirois-Kruse. Realtor Sirois Kaua'i: and Julie Simonton. VP Pacific Concrete. Donated CSW pens & notepads. 3. Breast Cancer Awareness Month - October 2020 Event: Yes or No Yes Category: Lead Lead Leader: Regina Carvalho Co -Leader: Edith Ignacio Neumiller Event Date: Event Time (start & finish): Event Location: Event Particulars: -Approved banner and pink lights displayed at the historic county building during the rnonth of Oct. -Support Staff to process work order for installation of pink lights and sign fee pennit to display banner 12019 Event Info: I None. Last event held in 2018. P2 4. Human Traffickinp- Next Stens 2020 Event: Yes or No Yes Category: Lead or Partner Lead Leader: Edith Ignacio-Neumiller Co -Leader: Darcie Yukimura Event Date: Event Time (start & finish): Event Location: Event Particulars: Y 5. Women's History Month 2020 Event: Yes or No Category: Lead or Partner CSW Leader/Co-Leader: Event Date: Event Time (start & finish): Event Location: Event Particulars: 2020 Event Info: 6. Equal Pay Da ? 2021) 2021 Event: Yes or No Category: Lead or Partner CSW Leader/Co-Leader: Event Date: Event Time (start & finish): Event Location: Event Particulars: 1-31, 2021) 2021 Theme: "Our History Is Our Strength" Theme: -Valiant Women of the Vote." Lead -Regina CarvaIIto. Essay Contest for high school made Flyer, email distribution, and press release. Received 14 entrants. Top four received Sli and males. InkSpot ize and press release. 2020 Event Info: NONE. Lead -Erika Valente, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. 12:00 p.m., Lihu'e Civic Center Mo'ikelta Building Courtyard. Gave out "Pay 2019 Event Info: Day" candy bags and Flyers from the HSCS W. Mayor Kawakami presented a proclamation. Kaulana Finn read a letter from Congresswomen Tulsi Gabbard. Group photo with Mayor. Press release after event. 7. Denim Da (Wednesday, April 28, 2021) 2021 Event: Yes or No Lead or Partner CSW Leader/Co-Leader: Event Date: Event Time (start & Event Location: Event Particulars: 2020 Event Info: None. Partner with Zonta Club of HanalePKaua'i. Edie Ignacio-Neumiller, Wednesday, April 24. 2019. 12:00 p.m.. Uhu'e Civic 2019 Event Info: Center Mo'ikelra Building Courtyard. Edie processed Proclamation. Zonta Club made the flyer. B&C processed press release & flyer to PIO. Mayor Kawakami presented a proclamation. Carrice Gardner read a letter from Governor Ige. Group photo with Mayor. @NationalAssociationofCommissionsforWomen © @NACWWomen Annual Conference Virtually configured Celebrating 50; "By pushing through the Pandemic" Over 200 known commissions in USA How NACWhelps We -Sustain We sustain our members by providing best practices and practical tools that can help them fulfill their missions. F •„• Over 1400 board and SM staff members We Strengthen We strengthen our members by creating opportunities to develop professional skills and obtain technical support while building relationships and forming alliances with national partners. Over 100,000,000 women and girls We Advocate We advocate for our members by cultivating a national network of supporters, communicating the value of women's commissions, and telling their story on the national level. August 23-25, 2020 e�1 anw, a A. Annual Professional Development Event Once a year, NACW members gather to learn about best practices and gain valuable professional development. In 2019, we gathered in Chicago, Illinois, for the 491h NACW Annual Meeting and Leadership Summit on July 22-24, 2019. This year's theme is COVID19 Impact. Our members will have the opportunity to engage in leadership development and peer -to -peer learning that will help them create innovative programming to address justice and equality for the women and girls in their communities. Anticipated Audience • Women's Commission Board and staff members Women's empowerment activists Women's Allied Groups _ Other NACW Activities Voices of American Women: We launched a two-year listening project across the United States, asking our member commissions to conduct listening sessions or public town -hall styled forums to capture the voices of women in communities across the country. The goal is to provide a venue for women's voice; across the nation and to deliver a national report including what the women of our country have told us are their concerns as women. Commission Leadership Initiative and Mentorship Building (CLIMB): Emerging commissions and commissions in transition regularly face challenges in their effort to thrive and develop. Our CLIMB initiative will create a way for these commissions to receive specialized and consistent support and will serve to amplify and disseminate the extensive knowledge our member commissions have. Webinars: NACW hosts webinars that expose members to impactful and engaging programs they can implement in their own communities; effective leadership and governance issues that help them achieve operational excellence; and new and emerging public policy issues that they can pursue in their own communities. Webinars are held on Fridays at 3pm ET every 2 to 3 weeks. "Venture" Fund: In order to serve our members, we are looking to establish a "venture" fund that would help to seed new and innovative projects, research emerging topics in gender equity, and provide technical assistance for our members by helping them attend our annual professional development event or send experienced members who can provide customized training for commissions. About the National Association of Commissions for Women Originally formed in 1970 as the Interstate Association of Commissions on the Status of Women (IACSW), the National Association of Commissions Our mission is to sustain, strengthen and for Women (NACW) represents women's advocate for women's commissions in commissions at the state, county, and city levels their work to promote equality and across the country and provides support and justice for all women and girls and resources so they can thrive. We represent our ensure they are represented and member commissions as their national advocate and empowered in their communities. provide a national voice of support for the efforts of our government -appointed commission members. These commissions hold a unique and positive role in promoting women's equity and justice in their local communities and, as members of NACW, join the national effort to address women's empowerment and equality. 2020 NACW Conference 2020, `10 Beth Curtis, Treasurer 17321st Ave #27315 New York, NY 10128 For questions please contact Kristin Garvey I Email: president@nacw.org Yes I plan on attending 2020 virtual conference [Please see my selection(s) below] ❑ Session 1 Welcome/Business meeting 7PM (EST) ❑ Session 2 Social/ Networking 8PM (EST) ❑ session 3 Violence Against Women during Pandemic 6PM (EST) ❑ session 4 Getting Out the Vote during COVID 7PM (EST) ❑ session 5 Suffrage Centennial and ERA 6PM (EST) ❑ session 6 Health & Wellness: Pandemic Resilience 7PM (EST) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-50-pushing-through-the-pandemic-tickets-1153949 08277 The NACW greatly appreciates your attending this year's conference virtually. This year our conference is FREE: NACW members we thank you for your continued support, and non-members we ask that you think about becoming an associate member (see below). Associate Membership: Available to individuals who are affiliated with women's commissions - past or present - and who support NACW goals and activities. Dues for an associate membership for an individual is $50.00 DEFINITION OF MEMBERSHIP: According to the NACW Bylaws (Article III, Section 2), the qualifications of associate members "...shall be available to individuals and nongovernmental organizations in each state, commonwealth, territory, city, county and the District of Columbia." provided that the organization and/or individual accepts the purpose and mission of NACW and that the Board of Directors takes favorable action on the application for membership. You need to submit your membership by mail, Donation $50.00 - Associate Membership Contact Information for Registration history of attendees Commission Name (as it is to appear in the program) Contact Name Mailing Address, City, State and Postal Code Phone Number Fax Number Email Address Commission Website To whom should we address our thank you (if different from above) DATES OF OUR VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: August 23-25, 2020 Day 1 Sunday, August 23, • 1- Session 7PM (EST): Welcome/Business Meeting (Executive Team: Kristin/Jill/Beth/Kristen) Facilitator: Kristen Garvey, NACW President and (insert state info) * Update on NACW • 2 ° Session 8PM(EST): Social Hour/Networking Facilitator: Phyllis Gordon, NACW Board of Directors, VP; Association of California Commissions for Women * pour a glass of wine, prepare a small tray of nibbles and enjoy each others company Day 2 Monday, August 24th * 1• Session 6PM (EST): Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic Moderator: Mary-dith Tuitt, NACW Board of Directors and Commissioner Massachusetts CSW Lovern Gordon #survivor #dvsurvivor #thriver #dvawareness #lovelifenow Min g� As a child witness and adult survivor of abuse, Love Life Now Foundation F. (LLN) was created to spread awareness against domestic violence through our initiatives, while raising funds that benefit DV Shelters in the New England area and beyond. Some of our current initiatives are listed below: -White Ribbon Night Gala (centered on Male Awareness Against D.V.) -3K Heel-A-Thon Against D.V. -Bedding Drive Against D.V. -Quarterly Homeless Brown Bag & Care Visit us at www.loveIifenow.org to learn more on how you can be part of the solution, and SUBSCRIBE to our bi-monthly online digital magazine, Love Life Magazine at httn:111ovelifenow.orQ the -ma ag_zine . Elizabeth A. Hart ("Liz") Past District Governor, Zonta International District 1 Liz is the immediate Past District Governor of Zonta International, District I, which encompasses the New England States and Nova Scotia, for the 2018-2020 Centennial Biennium. Liz has been a member of Zonta since 2002 and has always felt a deep connection to the mission which is reflective of her passion for the empowerment of women and girls. For 20 years, she has dedicated her professional life to building a nonprofit organization - Tailored for Success, Inc. where she serves as Founder & Executive Director. Tailored for Success empowers, inspires, and motivates economically disadvantaged women to make the transition into the workforce. Liz believes in being a "lifelong learner" and is always encouraging like-minded individuals to learn more about Zonta International and its impact throughout the world. Liz strives to live up to her values of hard work, dedication, and commitment and has earned distinctions such as receiving the 2002 Malden YWCA Tribute to Women Award, 2007 Malden Chamber of Commerce "Community Program of the Year" Award, and the 2010 Women Making a Difference Award from the Zonta Club of Malden. The highlight of her career was from 2007-2016 when Liz served as a Commissioner for the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women where she now serves as Commissioner Emerita Alison Wales M.A. Associate Director North County Rape Crisis and Child Protection Center, 25 Years Santa Barbara County Human Trafficking Task Force Member, 7 Yrs Commissioner 5th District: Commission for Women Santa Barbara County, CSEC Instructor Edie Ignacio Neumiller, Kaua'i Commissioner, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Past Zonta Area 1 Director/Hawaii, Past President, Zonta Club of Kauai, Past Director, Kaua'i Filipino Chamber of Commerce Edie Ignacio Neumiller is the Kauai Commissioner for the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women who sits on the Kauai County Committee on the Status of Women, immediate Past Zonta Area I Director for Hawaii, Past President of Zonta Club of Kauai, Past Director of Kauai Filipino Chamber of Commerce and Social Media Advocate for Kauai Fashion Weekend. Edie currently is the Commission Support Clerk for the Board of Water at the Department of Water with the County of Kauai for the past eight years. With the collaboration of the Kauai County Committee on the Status of Women and other agencies, Edie took the lead in bringing staggering information to the community on Human Trafficking with experts from the University of Arizona and a four -person panel from Kauai's community. Another lead project Edie was instrumental in during her term with the Kauai County Commission on the Status of Women was the showing of the film "Rise of the Wahine" by engaging the community on the equality in women's sports highlighting Title IX that started with the Wahine volleyball women's team at the University of Hawaii in the 70's. Edie volunteers most of her time by keeping the community aware of empowering topics and issues relating to women's rights and girls through social media and partnering with agencies in special events during the year. Edie is married and has lived on Kauai for over 34 years. Her daughter Alana Ignacio is a 2008 graduate of University of Hawaii who lives in California. * 2 - Session 7(EST): The General Election & GOTV (Panel to address voter registration, mail -in voting, absentee ballots, building communities of trust including LWV and Action Items for Commissioners) Moderator: Mary-dith Tuitt, NACW Board of Directors and Commissioner Massachusetts CSW Celia J. Blue, President, Visionary and Founding Member Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition Website https:l/mawocc.com elia J. Blue, former Registrar of Motor Vehicles for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a seasoned executive leader with 25 vears of experience vorking in both the private and public sectors. She is currently the Deputy Director and Chief Administrative Officer for the Rhode Island Department of Human Services, overseeing human resources, information technology systems and support, performance analytics, continuous improvement, civil rights and diversity. She was previoubl) the Chief of Staff for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT). While at RIDOT, her focus was on rebuilding RIDOT, leading the largest re -organization in its history, transforming it into a highly efficient and effective state agency. Celia spent 9 years in the transportation industry gaining experience in multiple modes; aeronautics, rail and transit, highway and the registry of motor vehicles. First appointed as a commissioner for the former \lassachusetts Aeronautics Commission, she was later appointed as Assistant Secretary for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and then promoted to the position of RegistrariCEO of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. Celia is the first African American to serve as the Registrar for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As Registrar, she managed operating and capital budgets totaling $280 million and oversaw approximately 800 employees in 31 locations. Celia holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Worcester State College and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Anna Maria College. She has received awards for her leadership and commitment to making Boston a more inclusive city. Celia sits on the boards of a number of civic, community and professional organizations in Central and Eastern Massachusetts. She is a board of Trustee member, Abby Kelley Foster Charter School, President of Abby Kelly Foster Foundation, Girls Inc. Board member. Tanisha Sullivan, President NAACP Boston Chapter Tanisha M. Sullivan is serving her second term as president of the NAACP Boston Branch. The NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in the country committed to the elimination of systemic racism and discrimination. Founded in 1911, the Boston Branch is the oldest branch within the Association. With over 20 years of experience in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry, Nils. Sullivan is Associate General Counsel for a leading biotech company in Massachusetts. In addition to'advising on both domestic and international transactions, she serves on the Executive Inclusion & Diversity Council and Legal & Compliance Council for North America. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Sullivan practiced corporate law with large firms and major corporations in the Greater Boston and New York City areas focused on venture capital, private equity and NI&A transactions. Conunitted to public service, from 2013- 2015 NIs. Sullivan left corporate practice to serve in a senior policy role with the Boston Public Schools as the district's Chief Equity Officer. Ms. Sullivan earned a BA in Government from the University of Virginia, a JD from Boston College Law School and an MBA from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. Ms. Sullivan serves on a number of non-profit boards and advisory committees. including the Nlarch of Dimes, the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy, and the WGBH Board of Advisors. Nils. Sullivan is the recipient of several prestigious civic and professional recognitions, including the Boston Magazine Power listing (2019 and 2020). BBJ Power 50 (2019), Girl Scouts of Eastern NiIA Leading Woman (2018), MILK Legacy Award (2018). BBJ 40 Under 40 (2013), and Next Generation Leadership. NAACP (201 1). A member of: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and The Links, Inc., Ms. Sullivan lives in the H) de Park neighborhood of Boston. Day 3 Tuesday, August 25 Moderator: Richann Bender — State of Nevada Commision for Women, NACW Board of Directors • 1" Session 6PM (EST): The Centennial Celebration: "Suffragists After the Vote was Won" Speaker: Deanna Beachley PhD DeAnna Beachley, a graduate of Youngstown State (BA, MA) and Northern Arizona University (Ph.D.), is a professor of History and Women's Studies at the College of Southern Nevada. She is a scholar of the American women's suffrage movement, the American women's movement, and social history. She is currently working on a biography of the Nevada suffrage leader, Anne Henrietta Martin. Discussion: Suffragists After the Vote was Won. From Women's Suffrage to the ERA, a Century -Long Push for Equality PBS Lint. (7 minute Clip) ERA: Here and Now Speaker: Dr. Anna Everett Dr. Anna Everett is an Emeritus Professor of Film, Television and New Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). During her 22 years at UCSB she has served as the Director of the UCSB Center for Black }� Studies, Chair of Dept. of Film and Media Studies, and Interim Associate Vice @ Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Academic Policy. She is a two-time recipient . , rep► of the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award teaching in Tunisia. She was the Belle Van " Zuylen Visiting Professor of New Media and Women's Studies at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and others. Currently, she serves as a Commissioner on the Santa Barbara County Commission for Women, Co-chair of the Media Committee of the Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee. Her many publications include the books Returning the Gaze: A Genealogy of Black Film Criticism, 1909-1949; Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media, for the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media, Youth, and Learning program; her 2009 award -winning book Digital Diaspora: A Race for Cyberspace, and the edited volume Pretty People, among many more. • 2 ° Session 7PM (EST): Commissioners "Tell Us About It" (Updates, Success Stories, Challenges) Facilitator: Jill Ashton, NACW Vice President and Executive Director Massachusetts CSW (ALL by Commission — Each Commission Briefs Out) NATIONAL WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY August 26, 2020 Wednesday, August 26th 1. NACW Celebrates Equality Party: "Face the Music for ERA" FaceTheMusic4ERA: Songs of Unity & Action On Wornen's Equality Day 2020, ERAMN and our ERA Allies across the U.S. it ill feature a National Virtual Online Music Concert. FaceTheMusic4ERA to: • Raise Awareness • Energize Activists • Support the Equal Rights Amendment • Strengthen our National Coalition This effort is spearheaded by ERA Minnesota (EPA A'INo►g) and produced by Pete Kronowitt of Face the Alhtsic** along with a collective of artists. #FaceTheAhtsic4ERA brill be a virtual event featuring artists from around the country, with calls to action and hays for attendees to learn more on the `State of the #ERA' - both legislative, judicial & in campaigns 2020, frith the propose ofgro►ving & engaging activists at local and national levels to push the ERA over the finish line! This is a collaborative, cooperative effort. ?. New York National Women's Hall of Fame; Women's Equality Day Event: Featuring Lilly Ledbetter The National Women's Hall of Fame is hosting a panel discussion featuring our Inductees. Lilly Ledbetter will be our honored guest —the woman behind the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which was signed into Law on January 29, 2009. Other Inductees, who have played an important part in moving forward women's rights, have been invited and are planning to attend. There will be a panel discussion at 4:00 p.m. that day, to be followed by a Champagne Reception at 5:30 p.m. New York State's Secretary of State, Rosanna Rosario is planning to attend as are many other dignitaries and important citizens. Keep an eye on our emails and social media for details! 3. August 26, 2020 is the 100 year anniversary of women's right to vote. Join us as we celebrate 100 years of women's firsts! About this Event: Join the Financial Women of San Francisco for a film celebrating women's milestones and achievements over the 100 years since the 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26th, 1920. This film was produced to honor and celebrate women who have achieved so much over the past 100 years and to pass the torch to all who continue the ongoing work to advance women. The film features an introduction by the filmmaker, historical and exclusive content (used with permission) and features 100 diverse women representing accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. Free event - donations welcome and proceeds will benefit the FWSF Scholarship Fund. Register here: https: bit.ly 3goW6gl This will be a night to remember! Join us for this inspiring event! 4. Please join our conference from your computer, tablet or smartphone. Information will be sent to you within your registration confirmation email. Thank you for your support. From: E.Ionacio To: Sandra Muraoin Subject: Fwd: Voices of American Women - All Island Survey Date: Friday, July 31, 2020 12:25:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside the County of Kauai. Do not click links or open attachments even if the sender is known to you unless it is something you were expecting. Please provide this info I received from Khara in the packet. Aloha, Edie Ignacio Neumiller Kaua'i Commissioner Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women Past Zonta Area 1 Director. Hawaii Past President, Zonta Club of Kauai Past Director, Kaua'i Filipino Chamber of Commerce Begin forwarded message: From: "Jabola-Carolus, Khara J" kjabola-carolus dhs.hawaii.gov> Date: July 31, 2020 at 12:04:50 PM HST To: "ainaponofa gmail.com" ainapono@gmail.com Subject: Voices of American Women - All Island Survey Aloha: Per our conversation, here are the top issues per island. The most commonly shared priority was human/sex trafficking: Voices of American Women CSW Survey Top Priority Issues by County 2020 1. Maui 1. Domestic Violence 2. Women Empowerment (i.e. Women of Excellence Program; STEM; increasing women votes; Census Reporting; etc.) 3. Sex Trafficking ��rw Aq-O(o N. 4. Rehabilitation - women back into society after incarceration or drug court 5. Care Shortage (Early Childcare; Foster Care) 2. Hawai'i 1. Domestic Violence 2. Gender and Wage Gap (Equal Pay) 3. Human Trafficking 4. Database 3. Kauai 1. Human trafficking 2. Women's equality 3. Career opportunities for young women 4. Honolulu 1. Homelessness 2. Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) 3. Sex Trafficking 4. First Responder Training 5. Economic Security and Gender Wage Gap 5. University of Hawaii 1. Leadership Transition 2. Establishing/Strengthening Partnerships 3. Educating/Advocating Safety & Support for UH Women Khara Jabola-Carolus Executive Director Ka Komikina Kulana Olakino o Na Wahine (Hawai`i State Commission on the Status of Women) Ph. # (8o8) 586-5758 Webaite I Eacebook I Instagram NOTICE: This information and attachments are intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged and. or confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI WAILUKU, HAWAII 96793 CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION It is HEREBY CERTIFIED that RESOLUTION NO. 20-84 was adopted by the Council of the County of Maui, State of Hawaii, on the 19th day of June, 2020, by the following vote: MEMBERS Alice L. LEE Kean! N. W. RAWLINS- G. Rik[ HOKAMA Natalie A. KAMA Kelly T. Michael J. Tamara A. M. Shane M. Yuki Lei K, Chair FERNANDEZ KING MOLINA PALTIN SINENCI SUGIMURA Vice -Chair ROLL CALL Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye COUNTY CLERK Nu1 anw-la °r`v'Of w" COUNTY OF HAWAIII RESOLUTION NO. STATE OF HAWAIII z� A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AND URGING EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE PRINCIPLES INTO COVID-19 RELATED RECOVERY INITIATIVES FOR HAWAI`I COUNTY. WHEREAS, COVID-19 has magnified long-standing inequalities and the fragility of our social, political, economic, and healthcare systems; and WHEREAS, there is little difference in the number of men and women confirmed to be infected by COVID-19, but men are more likely to die from the novel coronavirus, while women are shown to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic because of their profession as well as childcare and household responsibilities; and WHEREAS, according to a 2012-2016 industry analysis of Hawai`i's working population by the State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT), women makeup roughly 50% of Hawai`i's workforce, but account for 73.3% of the employees in the health care and social assistance sector, 68.4% of the educational services sector, 65.3% of the finance and insurance sector, 55.6% of retail trade, 51.7% of the real estate and rental and leasing industry, and 49.7% of the accommodation and food service industry; and WHEREAS, the DBEDT report brings into sharp focus the fact that women hold a significant number of jobs that are critical to providing emergency and ongoing response support as well as other key services during the coronavirus pandemic; and WHEREAS, according to data released by the State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, 9,135 individuals filed for unemployment insurance in Hawaii County, with 57% of those claims (5,235 filings) made by women; and WHEREAS, a research brief by professor Gema Zamarro on gender differences in the impact of COVID-19 found that women carried a heavier load than men in providing childcare duties after schools closed, with 44% of women versus 14% of men reporting being the only one in the household providing care, and a notable disparity among working parents, with 33% of working mothers reporting they were the only care provider for their children versus 10% of working fathers; and WHEREAS, the American Psychological Association reported that national crises such as natural disasters and recent COVID-19 stay-at-home lockdown measures ramp up stress within households, increasing risk of domestic violence and child abuse because victims are "trapped" indoors with their abuser; and WHEREAS, the United Nations (irN) released "The Impact of COVID-19 on Women," a policy brief that emphasized the devastating consequences of the pandemic for women and girls, and identified three priorities that would have meaningful impact on women and girls - and society at large - if pursued: 1) ensure women's equal representation in all COVID-19 response planning and decision -making; 2) drive transformative change for equality by addressing the care economy, paid and unpaid; and 3) target women and girls in all efforts to address the socio- economic impact of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women (HSCSW) published "Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs," the nation's first feminist economic recovery plan for COVID-19, which highlights numerous key and emerging principles and recommendations designed to build a system that is capable of delivering gender equality; and WHEREAS, COVID-19 represents an opportunity to spend federal stimulus dollars and enact meaningful policy in a way that is designed with gender equality in mind; now, therefore; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I that the County of Hawai`i's COVID-19 Task Force review the UN report on COVID-19 impacts on women and the (HSCSW) feminist economic recovery plan to ensure coronavirus response and recovery initiatives create a more just and resilient Hawaii Island. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Administration is strongly urged to view this pandemic through a gendered lens and incorporate principles of equity, inclusion, social and economic justice, championed in the UN report and (HSCSW) plan, into County -run COVID-19 programs, into language on County printed materials and digital communications, as well as into County initiated requests for proposals centered on COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Administration recognize the specific vulnerability women and girls face in this pandemic and make every effort to proactively and consistently engage with the Hawaii County Committee on the Status of Women as well as women and girls in our community in order to inform COVID-19 related decisions. 2 BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Brian Schatz and the Honorable Mazie Hirono, United States Senators; the Honorable Tulsi Gabbard, United States Representative; the Hawaii Island State Delegation; the Honorable David Ige, Governor of the State of Hawaii; Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women; the Honorable Harry Kim, Mayor; Roy Takemoto, Managing Director; Barbara Kossow, Deputy Managing Director; the Administrative Head of each County department, agency, and office; and the Hawaii County Committee on the Status of Women. Dated at Hilo Hawaii, this 8th day of _ .Ju1y , 20?. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I 1 COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Flawai`i on _ _ ,JU-1-y 8 . ZQZ4 _ _ ATTEST: E�&�CLERKRPERSON &PRESIDING FFICER ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX CHUNG x DAVID x EOFF R KANEALI`1-KLEINFELDER X KIERKIEWICZ X LEE LOY X POINDEXTER x RICHARDS x VILLEGAS X 9 0 0 0 Reference: C-9922/Waived GREDC RESOLUTION NO. 680 2 0 Resolution No. 20-84 SUPPORTING AND URGING THE MAYOR TO SUPPORT A FEMINIST ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN FOR COVID-19 WHEREAS, according to Merriam -Webster Dictionary, feminism is the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes; and WHEREAS, women were not categorically subordinate to men in Hawaii prior to Western contact; and WHEREAS, although women have made significant contributions to all fields of work, more action is needed to end the system that privileges men over women, girls, mahu, and aikane; and WHEREAS, the Council noted the following in Resolution 14-36, adopted on March 25, 2014, • "on June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Federal Equal Pay Act, intended to abolish wage discrimination based on sex"; • "more than fifty years after passage of the Equal Pay Act, there continues to be a pay disparity between men and women"; • "pay equality is vital for achieving gender equality"; • "the gap in pay not only affects women's finances during their working years, but also affects their quality of life during retirement"; • "pay equality in Maui County would add to the financial security of families and strengthen the local economy"; and WHEREAS, by its adoption of Resolution 14-36 on March 25, 2014, the Council pledged to "resolve the issue of wage equality"; and WHEREAS, the Council adopted Resolution 19-101 on May 17, 2019, urging public -employee unions and public employers Resolution No. 20-84 throughout the State of Hawaii to implement the principle of pay equity; and WHEREAS, women continue to earn less than men for substantially similar work; and WHEREAS, women are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 because they represent nearly two-thirds of frontline essential workers in Hawaii, even though they account for less than half of the overall workforce; and WHEREAS, according to the National Women's Law Center, women account for 56 percent of all jobs lost since the start of the coronavirus pandemic; and WHEREAS, the "Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs: Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for COVID-19" by the State of Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women, published in April, noted that: • "Native Hawaiian women are more economically vulnerable than Native Hawaiian men, earning 70 cents for every dollar a man makes, and 79 cents for every dollar a Native Hawaiian man makes"; "Women's health, livelihoods and bodily integrity are particularly at risk during this time due to reports of increased domestic violence, sex trafficking, sexual harassment and coercion by landlords, interruptions to abortion access on the neighbor islands; women's roles caring for the ill and other longstanding gender inequalities"; "Rather than rush to rebuild the status quo, we should seize this opportunity to transition to an economy that better values the work essential to sustaining us and address the harms and gaps in healthcare, ecological, social, and economic policies laid bare by the epidemic. In order to do this, we must integrate the knowledge developed by marginalized people and communities that will help us to prioritize greater social well-being as key to the economy"; Resolution No. 20-84 "However, at this time, the voices of those most impacted by COVID-19, including women, girls, femme -identified and nonbinary people, racialized women/women of color and Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and immigrant women in Hawaii, are largely missing from the discussions on the economic impact of COVID-19 and recovery planning"; "The State currently has an extreme childcare shortage, with only enough childcare seats to serve half of the State's children under age 6 who have two working parents. Hawaii also has one of the fastest growing elderly population growth rates in the nation, and an eldercare deficit that is on the brink of crisis"; and WHEREAS, a recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization noted that 91 percent of the world's students were at home amid school and childcare closures caused by the pandemic; and WHEREAS, historically, women have been expected to perform the majority of household and care -giving activities, resulting in their unequal ability to engage in full-time paid work; and WHEREAS, according to a survey by LeanIn.Org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women achieve their goals, 80 percent of mothers have taken on more household work since the COVID-19 pandemic started; and WHEREAS, the criminal justice system has not been effective in addressing violence against women and has been complicit in allowing and participating in the violence; and WHEREAS, women from minority populations face discrimination in the following ways, among others: • Anti -Black racism is systemic and impacts women in the form of mass incarceration, racial profiling, police violence, sexual terror, and discrimination; Resolution No. 20-84 • Deaf women and women with disabilities face barriers to employment and need access to economic self-sufficiency regardless of employment; • Transgender women are especially vulnerable to the disparities in health care relating to hormone therapy and gender -reassignment surgery; • Women of the LGBTQIA+ community face anti -gay and anti -trans bias in hiring; and WHEREAS, young women and girls are particularly vulnerable to exploitation in the workforce as the economy is rebuilt; and WHEREAS, a lack of safeguards for gender -caused violence have resulted in violent offenders —including men charged with first degree sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence —being released and contacting victims as a result of COVID-19 policy; and WHEREAS, climate change exacerbates the structural inequalities that women and girls face around the globe, especially in the Pacific; and WHEREAS, climate justice, when decolonial and gender -inclusive, is feminist action; and WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii is the first and, thus far, only government in the world to propose a feminist economic recovery plan for COVID-19; and WHEREAS, the Council urged the Mayor to support the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women through its adoption of Resolution 18-19 on March 9, 2018; and WHEREAS, in Resolution 84-28, the Council stated, "American women of every race, class, and ethnic background served as early leaders of the major progressive social change movements, including the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial labor union movement, and the modern civil rights movement;"; now, therefore, Resolution No. 20-84 BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the County of Maui: 1. That it supports a feminist economic recovery plan for the County of Maui; 2. That it urges the Mayor to support the "Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs: A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for COVID-19" as a foundational development in our recovery; 3. That it urges the Administration to include a member from the County of Maui's Committee on the Status of Women on its economic recovery task force; and 4. That certified copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Honorable Brian E. Schatz, Senator, United States of America; the Honorable Mazie K. Hirono, Senator, United States of America; the Honorable Ed Case, Representative, United States of America; the Honorable Tulsi Gabbard, Representative, United States of America; the Honorable David W. Panuelo, President, Federated States of Micronesia; the Honorable David Kabua, President, Republic of the Marshall Islands; the Honorable Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr., President, Republic of Palau; the Honorable Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President, General Assembly, United Nations; the Honorable Michael P. Victorino, Mayor, County of Maui; the Honorable David Y. Ige, Governor, State of Hawaii; the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women; the County of Maui's Committee on the Status of Women; and the heads of all County departments. paf: kmat:20-180b i BuildinBridges., Not Wafking on Backs: A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for COVID-19 HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STARTS Of WOMEN Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women Department of Human Services State of Hawaii Building Bridges, Not Walking on Backs Plan for COVID-19 Recovery tiawai`i State Commission on the Status of Women April 14, 2020 By the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women Executive Director Khara Jabola- Carolus in collaboration with members of the community. Special thanks to the Micronesian Women's Taskforce, Hawaii Feminist COVID-19 Response Team, Katherine D. Chavez (Chair, Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women), Dr. Amanda Shaw, Dr. Kealoha Fox, Tanya Smith -Johnson, Deja Ostrowski, Jen Jenkins, Darlene Ewan, Kathleen Algire, Angelina Mercado, and Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies. Table of Contents ExecutiveSummary...................................................................................................................... 1 KeyRecommendations................................................................................................................. 2 1. Introduction........................................................................................................................ 4 2. The State's Current Economic Recovery Planning Processes ...................................... 6 3. A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan............................................................................... 7 4. Recommended Principles & Practices for a Gender- and Socially -Responsive Recovery............................................................................................................................ 15 5. Conclusion........................................................................................................................ 17 Annex A: Relevant Links and Articles...................................................................................... 18 Annex B: Analysis of the UIiERO Economic Recovery Plan ................................................. 18 I Executive Summary The road to economic recovery should not be across women's backs COVID-19, and the measures being implemented to contain it, are deeply affecting our social and economic relationships here in Hawaii and beyond. This new landscape is forcing us to reconsider many aspects of our lives and economy, including our economic future. The COVID- 19 response and recovery plan sets the stage for a series of what could be some of the most important and transformative policy decisions that Hawai'i and the world have the opportunity to enact. This is our moment to build a system that is capable of delivering gender equality. It is time to center gender in the nation's rising racial and economic justice movements. Current economic shocks and loss of employment from COVID-19 are being characterized as an economic "shutdown. \k'hile state officials recently raised concerns about "idle" government workers, including the 92.8 percent of secretaries and administrative assistants who are women (DBEDT, 2018), it is important to recognize that some aspects of our economies are actually in overdrive. If one recalls that the definition of the word "economy" comes from the Greek, meaning to "manage the household," this helps to bring into focus that women in our communities have never been busier taking care of loved ones, provisioning supplies, and finding ways to offset the enormous economic and social burdens of this time. These aspects of the economy usually go uncounted and hidden yet there would be no economy a ithout these activities. The cheap value of caregiving is not natural, but has political origins. Caregiving, associated with and expected of women, is necessary for economic production to take place and yet it is split off from economic production, thereby structurally subordinating women in society. This is why even within their own racial, indigenous status, and economic groups, women are the most marginalized. Case in point: Native Hawaiian women are more economically vulnerable than Native Hawaiian men, earning 70 cents for every dollar a man makes, and 79 cents for every dollar a Native Hawaiian man makes. Women will never be able to equally participate in Hawai'i's economy without a social care infrastructure and if men are not supported and incentivized to share care activities. Positively, we are witnessing the social re -valuing, in limited terms, of certain forms of work that have been structured and siloed into the most low -paid occupations such as caregiving, government administration, food and delivery services. Women dominate the service industries in Hawaii especially social services, domestic services and healthcare because of systemic sexism. Rather than rush to rebuild the status quo of inequality, we should encourage a deep structural transition to an economy that better values the work we know is essential to sustaining us. We should also address the crises in healthcare, social, ecological and economic policies laid bare by the epidemic. In order to do this well, we must integrate the knowledge developed by marginalized communities that will help us to prioritize greater social well-being as key to the economy. However, at this time, the voices of those most impacted by COVID-19, including women, girls, femme -identified and nonbinary people, racialized women' women of color and Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and immigrant women in Hawaii, are largely missing from the discussions on COVID-19 recovery planning. Those experiencing the structural inequalities that lead to poor health, will feel the health, economic and social costs of COVID-19 the hardest and will have the least ability to "recover." Women's health, livelihoods and bodily integrity are also particularly at risk during this time due to reports of increased domestic violence, sex trafficking including sexual harassment and coercion by landlords, interruptions to abortion access on the neighbor islands, women's roles caring for the ill and other longstanding gender inequalities. Across the world, leaders are urging `'governments to put women and girls at the centre of their efforts to recover from COVID-19." That starts with women as leaders, with equal representation and decision -making power, committed to advancing women's wellbeing as a group. The Governor recently inaugurated a "Hawai'i Economic and Communitti Recovery & Resiliency Plan" led by Alan Oshima as "Economic and Community Navigator." We eagerly await details of the processes being developed around the plan to ensure a "collaborative approach that brings together all stakeholders" and look forward to supporting these efforts by bringing together the voices of organizations working with women, girls and those who identify as women, femme and nonbinary. We also seek to support the Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 and House Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness and Recovery to craft plans that advance gender equality. In particular, we are concerned that the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization's recent economic plan for recovery, is missing consideration of issues specifically related to child and eldercare as well as the situation of women and girls. We recommend a number of Principles & Practices for a Gender and Socially -Responsive Recovery on page 15. This document represents a living and evolving agenda for a feminist COVID-19 response and recovery and therefore is not exhaustive, definitive or exclusively representative but highlights key and emerging principles and recommendations: Key Recommendations Build a feminist COVID-19 response and recovery plan. The COVID- 19 response, recovery and stimulus actions must include input from the impacted, essential sectors that employ a majority of women and organizations that serve women, girls and people who identify as women, femme and nonbinary. This must include collection, analysis and publication of disaggregated data (gender, race/ethnicity, indigeneity, age, zip code, and social data) on COVID-19 cases and the economic impact of COVID-19. 2. To contain costs or enhance revenue the state should: Avoid austerity or fiscal consolidation measures at all cost since these will exacerbate the recession. Follow State Department of Human Services recommendations and ensure no cuts to social services, including services for domestic violence and for maternal, sexual, reproductive and mental health and avoid government employee furloughs. Raise revenues by taking advantage of the Federal Reserve $500 billion lending program to state and local governments which will help to stimulate the economy. 3. To support, enhance and stimulate Ifawai`i's economy the state should: Shift from reliance on a precarious tourism industry which offers Hawaii residents especially women predominately low wage earning employment while the social and ecological costs of tourism go unaddressed. Support displaced workers via an adjustment fund for retraining and professional mobility, and support social entrepreneurship approaches. Enhance women's access to capital outside low -wage sectors and the commercial sex industry, and in green -technologies and prevailing wage jobs, i.e., male industries, through specific gender and racial equity programs. Invest in subsistence living and the perpetuation of land- and sea -based practices traditional to Hawai'i's ecological and food system. 4. Use federal stimulus funds to promote reform and programs in the following areas: • Economic Support • Special, hinds and infrastructure for high risk groups • Parents and Caregivers • Health and Healthcare Programs, Institutions Providers and Caregivers • Release Programs • Housing, Shelter and Public Services • Digital and ICT Access • Native Hawaiians because the State of Hawai'i is obligated to fulfill its share of the Public Land Trust Revenue, where twenty percent of Public Land Trust revenues are to be provided to Native Hawaiians. The State's well -established commitment to the Native Hawaiian community should include a twenty percent pro rata share of the COVID-19-response funds in trust for their express recovery needs, which would help lift Native Hawaiian women. 5. To diversify and reshape the economy we must: a) Reorient our economies away from the military, tourism and luxury development. Identify new opportunities for more sustainable economic livelihoods by identifying opportunities for Hawaii to support and benefit from sustainable PPE manufacturing, design or other opportunities and ensuring women have access to "green jobs" in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and environmental management and construction jobs (89.9% male workers) through stimulus programs that promote gender and racial equity. b) Build the state's social infrastructure (childcare, education and healthcare) which has been shown is more effective in reducing public deficits and debt than austerity policies and boosts employment, earnings, economic growth and fosters gender equality. c) Redress critical economic inequalities to promote women's financial independence, which is a basic condition for recovery and liberation from gender -based violence. Raise the minimum wage to a living wage ($24.80/hour for single mothers), adopt universal basic income, universal single payer health care, paid sick days and paid family leave, restructure the regressive tax system through increased property taxes and corporate taxes once the recession ends, develop innovative programs to address houselessness, and center food system workers and farmworkers, not just larger -scale farmers, in agricultural and food self-sufficiency programs, widening access for low-income consumers. d) Harness the role of midwifery to improve deficits in maternal and neonatal health care in 11awai`i, especially in rural areas. Prioritize maternal health services and health care for other marginalized groups through substantive consultation and cooperation not simply targeting those at risk. e) Fully incorporate gender -based violence prevention in the immediate response and long-term recovery. Recovery stimulus funds are supposed to be neutral, but we knoA this is not possible in a gendered society without a thoughtful plan that ties in gender with race, indigeneity and class. The Commission is cognizant that a plan presented by a colonial power structure does not reflect the only or best route to a just recovery. We hope to make space for community ideas that speak not only about response and recovery, but also of repair and revival: repair of historic harms and intergenerational trauma playing out as male domination, gender -based violence, economic insecurity, poor health and mass incarceration. These are a serious threat to a sustainable, resilient society. It is clearer than ever that capitalism could not care for us during COVID-19. Now is the time to prioritize a revival of place -based practices and knowledge, and self- determination. Only in this way can we hope to redefine our connections, inseparably economic and social, with women, one another, and with the wider world of which we are a part. In our view, we are not seeking "to return to normal" but to build bridges to a feminist future for Hawaii. 1. Introduction Unpacking the "economic shutdown" COVID-19, and the measures being implemented to contain it, are deeply affecting our social and economic relationships here in Hawaii and beyond. Hawaii currently leads the country in unemployment claims and the pandemic is forcing us to reconsider many aspects of our lives, including our economic future. While many have characterized the current economic shocks and loss of employment as an economic "shutdown", it is important to recognize that in some ways, some aspects of our economies are actually in overdrive. If one recalls that the definition of the word "economy" comes from the Greek, meaning to "manage the household", this helps to bring into focus that many in our communities have never been busier managing their households. Taking care of loved ones, provisioning supplies, and finding ways to offset the enormous 4 economic and social burdens of this time -- these are aspects of the economy that usually go uncounted and hidden. Alongside this increase in activities of "social reproduction" -- what is needed to reproduce ourselves as a species -- we are also witnessing the social re -valuing, in limited terms, of certain forms of work that have been structured and siloed into the most precarious, low -paid occupations such as caregiving, food and delivery services. Some of the least valued and lowest paid workers are now being called "essential" even as little has yet been done to improve the material conditions of their work that would reflect this value. Center marginalized people and communities to build back better Rather than rush to rebuild the status quo, we should seize this opportunity to transition to an economy that better values the work we know is essential to sustaining us and address the harms and gaps in healthcare, ecological social and economic policies laid bare by the epidemic. In order to do this, we must integrate the knowledge developed by marginalized people and communities that will help us to prioritize greater social well-being as key to the economy. However, at this time, the voices of those most impacted by COVID-19, including women, girls, femme -identified and nonbinary people, racialized women women of color and Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and immigrant women in Hawai'i, are largely missing from the discussions on the economic impact of COVID-19 and recovery planning. These groups will feel the health, economic and social costs of COVID-19 the hardest because of the combined effect of sexism, racism and classism as well as other systems of oppression. COVID-19 will impact Native Hawaiian, COFA and immigrant women hardest With regard to health, "environmental racism" and the social determinants of health mean that low-income, rural communities and communities of Native Hawaiian ancestry and color are more likely to live and work in areas that have been targeted for toxic industries and lack access to healthcare, nutritious food and experience greater stress than those in more privileged communities. Health problems and air pollution are contributing factors in Covid 19 deaths and these forms of structural racism have led to a vastly disproportionate death toll amongst Black communities in the U.S. In our communities, those experiencing the structural inequalities that lead to poor health, such as Native Hawaiians, COFA citizens and immigrants, are also more likely to be disproportionately burdened by COVID-19 disease. Feminist women's leadership must be at the center of the COVID-19 response and recovery Women's health, livelihoods and bodily integrity are also particularly at risk during this time due to revorts_of increased domestic violence, sex trafficking, sexual harassment and coercion by landlords„ interruptions to abortion access on the neighbor islands, women's roles caring for the ill and other longstanding gender inequalities. Lack of representation in leadership and decision - making processes means that Hawai'i ranks nationally at a C- for the representation of women, who make up only approximately one-third of members of the legislature. Economically, recent national statistics show that women represent 60% of those laid off in the pandemic as the majority of 'high contact' service workers in impacted industries. Although the state data does not disaggregate unemployment claims by race or gender, there is reason to believe that Hawai'i women are also at the forefront of impacted industries locally, as the service and tourism industrti workforce also employs many women of color. Across the world, leaders are urging "governments to put women and girls at the centre of their efforts to recover from COVID-19. That starts with women as leaders, with equal representation and decision -making power" (Ant6nio Guterres, United Nations Secretary -General, April 9, 2020). Building a feminist COVID-19 response and recovery For these reasons and many more, the COVID-19 response, recovery and stimulus actions must include input from the impacted, essential sectors and organizations which employ a majority of women, girls and people who identify as women, femme and nonbinary. The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women has convened a group of such organizations and individuals in order to develop and share principles and practices for implementing a gender - responsive and feminist response to COVID-19 in the Hawaii context. At its most basic, a feminist response means a response informed by an awareness of systemic sexism and action to end it. In consultation with this group -- and drawing on an international body of established and emerging writing about the gender and socio-economic impacts of the pandemic, the response to it and recovery efforts -- this document outlines key principles and practices as well as concrete needs and policy options which will promote a holistic and diversified approach to our economic recovery. We outline our concerns about the current economic recovery planning process and offer recommendations that will enable a more equitable process. In addition to our working group, "e also coordinate with other groups focused on women, gender and sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), disability, Native Hawaiian rights, and immigration who are also currently developing their own responses to the interconnected COVID-19 crises. This document represents a living and evolving agenda for a feminist COVID- 19 response and recovery and therefore is not exhaustive, definitive or exclusively representative but highlights key and emerging principles and recommendations. 2. The State's Current Economic Recovery Planning Processes The Governor recently inaugurated a "Hawai'i Economic and Community Recovery & Resiliency Plan" led by Alan Oshima as "Economic and Community Navigator." We eagerly await details of the processes being developed around the plan to ensure a "collaborative approach that brings together all stakeholders" and look forward to supporting these efforts by bringing together the voices of many organizations working with women, girls and those who identify as women, femme and nonbinary. The Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 and House Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness and Recovery mainly include representatives from the state and industry, with a few nonprofits working on Native Hawaiian rights and homelessness, but seemingly ignore gender and women's rights, women's organizations, immigrants' rights groups and other sectors. The manner in which informational briefings have been conducted has left little room for public input or consulted those most marginalized in our communities. 6 In addition, we are committed to advocate for the broad inclusion of research and evidence to feed into the Economic and Community Recovery & Resiliency Plan. In this sense, while we very much appreciate the hard and speedy work of the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization's economic forecasting and recent economic Plan for recovery, we have been able to identify several omissions and recommendations that could enrich and deepen thinking around the next steps needed for Hawaii to resume some now closed down areas of economic activity. Principally, the plan is missing consideration of issues specifically related to child and eldercare as well as the situation of women and girls. This is perhaps in part because the plan relies heavily on the suggestions of an American Enterprise Institute study which similarly does not address the disaggregated impact of recovery plans and measures needed to reach women, girls, immigrant communities and houseless citizens. We have analyzed the UHERO plan closely (found in Annex C) and offer several suggestions for expanding analysis and action: 1) implement gender- and socially -responsive public health programming, including with relation to contact tracing; 2) center the most marginalized when developing criteria for relaxing stay-at- home Orders; 3) consider the impacts and consequences of asking those most at -risk to carry the burden of ongoing social distancing under relaxed orders: 4) ensure free and equal access to the equipment and testing needed to return to work; 5) defer to educational experts who can highlight the disability, gender and social impacts of proposed changes to education and 6), enable a broader discussion on the role of tourism in Hawai,i`s economy and society, centering the adjustment needs of the tourism workforce and the rights of residents. As the UHERO report correctly notes, "it is critical for government to maintain the trust of citizens during a time when its decisions impose such substantial costs on people (page 3)." Ensuring greater transparence and public consultation with the economic recovery planning is critical toward this end. The following section highlights our response to the key questions regarding the economic recovery that have been collated from consultations through our working group: I A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan In this section, we outline several recommendations based on questions submitted to the Hawai State Commission on the Status of Women about the COVID-19 response and economic recovery: 1. How the state should deal budgetary changes including restrictions, programmatic changes, furloughs or other employment related efforts to contain costs or enhance revenue; 2. How the state should support, enhance and stimulate Hawai`i's economy, given the possibility that even after the stay-at-home orders have been lifted, the tourism industry may not return to normal levels for some time to come; and 3. How the state should spend federal COVID-response funds coming to the state. 4. How the state should reshape and diversify the economy, making Hawaii more resilient to future economic downturns. 7 How will the state deal with budgetary changes including restrictions, programmatic changes, furloughs or other employment related efforts to contain costs or enhance revenue? It is unwise macroeconomic policy to cut government spending during a crisis such as COVID- 19 as this �,Nould exacerbate the anticipated recession. The state should avoid austerity or fiscal consolidation measures at all cost, given that the International Monetary Fund IMF and others have concluded that austerity is ineffective in increasing growth and increases inequality, which in turn hurts the level and sustainability of any growth. Specifically, the state should: Follow recommendations from the Hawaii State Department of Human Services to Senate COVID Committee. This includes ensuring no cuts to social services, including services for domestic violence and for maternal, sexual, reproductive and mental health. Avoid government employee furloughs wherever possible, as the public sector disproportionately employs women and people of color. Considering creating opportunities to allow existing government workers to participate in new roles within the recovery effort, rather than furloughing employees, coupled with free, safe and accessible childcare as soon as possible. Enhance state revenues by taking advantage of the Federal Reserve $500 billion lending program to state and local governments. The Commission is cognizant that property tax and corporate tax are not ideal macroeconomic policy options during a recession. However, the state can borrow money, which is possible because the state's balanced budget language has an exception for when the Governor publicly declares that public health is threatened. Interest rates are currently very low, and the Federal Reserve has recently opened a significant ne% lending facility for states(the Munici al Liquidity Facility). 2. How should the state support, enhance and stimulate Hawai`i's economy, given the possibility that even after the stay-at-home orders have been lifted, the tourism industry may not return to normal levels for some time to come? The recovery represents an opportunity to shift away from reliance on a precarious tourism industry which offers Hawaii residents predominately low wage earning employment while the social and ecological costs of tourism go unaddressed. The social costs of tourism include gender inequalities and human rights abuses against women gender identity and sexual minorities, and children which have been linked to these industries. Instead the state should fund specific programs that will: Support • Displaced workers via an adjustment fund for retraining and professional mobility. In addition to ensuring low -paid workers receive a living wage (as below), programs should be developed to support workers to enter higher paying professions and gain funding for small businesses. • Social entrepreneurship approaches to new economic activities by individuals. groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, who seek to develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. Social entrepreneurship best practices should be applied to a wide range of organizations, which vary in size, aims, and beliefs. Social capital of interpersonal relationships, a shared sense of identity, a shared understanding, shared norms, shared values, trust, cooperation, and reciprocity must form the heart of our new economic system beyond capitalism. Enhance • Women, sexual and gender minorities' access to capital outside the commercial sex industry through just, humane transition to support program. The commercial sex industry is linked to the tourism industry as non-resident buyers augment demand by an estimated 30 percent (HSCSW, 2018). • Women's access to jobs in male -dominated industries: green -technologies and trade jobs. Men represent 7810 of employees in the global renewable energy sector. A program specifically aimed at ensuring green jobs go to women is needed, including special programs for women who are in recovery from incarceration. Stimulate New economic thinking by funding feasibility studies on economic alternatives that enhance social wellbeing as an economic priority and center women -led, especially Native Hawaiian and immigrant women's experiences, ideas and organizations. Sustainable economic futures by investing in subsistence living and the perpetuation of land- and sea -based practices traditional to Ilawai'i's ecological and food system. This should include well preserved agricultural and aquacultural methods, agroforestry and land restoration efforts and technologies which foster mauka-to-makai and ridge -to -reef balance. Further, this investment should be fair and equitable to the resilience of ahupua'a resources, strengthen local food production and develop markets in sustainable materials (e.g. construction materials). These programs should also ensure nutrition and access to local food for all and are not dependent on economic status. 3. llow should federal COVID-response funds coming to the state are to be spent? In our work we have identified several urgent and short term needs as well as medium term and long-term objections (on the latter, please see concluding section). In general, however, the State of Hawaii is obligated to fulfill its share of the Public Land Trust Revenue, where twenty percent of Public Land Trust revenues are to be provided to Native Hawaiians. The Public Land Trust embodies the spiritual, emotional and physical connection of the Native Hawaiian people to the land and natural environment as a vital connection to their health, well-being, and overall quality of life. The State's well -established commitment to the Native Hawaiian community should include a twenty percent pro rata share of the COVID-19-response funds in trust for their express recovery needs, which could also help give Native Hawaiian women a more even platform. Native Hawaiian serving"' erving organizations and Native Hawaiian owned businesses should be identified, contacted and evaluated for the recovery need types required to ensure equity -based recovery efforts protect Native Hawaiians as the Indigenous people of Hawai' i. Actions and funding urgent and short-term support: Economic Support: • Expand the DHS scheme for wages for family/informal caregivers, drawing on established good practice. • Provide assistance with unemployment assistance for those who are limited English language speakers. • Ban rent increases for the next six months, as New Zealand has done. • Implement a Universal Basic Income such as that implemented by Stockton, California and the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and other cities, municipalities and countries. Special funds and infrastructure for high risk groups including: • Undocumented immigrant women because they are ineligible for the one-time federal cash payment • Sex trafficking survivors who have recently exited the commercial sex industry. Create sex trafficking coordinator for the State to address current crisis and anticipated sex trafficking increase after lockdown ends and during the recession. • Domestic workers: home care workers, nannies and house cleaners who are experiencing financial hardship, similar to that established nationally in the National Domestic Workers' Alliance Coronavirus Care Fund • Women with disabilities: safeguarding and promoting rights to health, safety, dignity, independence and education. ■ Resources in American sign language on State websites • Elderly women, because two out of three seniors living in poverty are women. • COFA immigrants: recognizing the diversity of languages and cultures and providing specific funding or centers for specific groups. Health and Healthcare Programs, Institutions Providers and Caregivers: • Eliminate co -payments for COVID-19 tests and treatment including for incarcerated women. • Provide PPE for homebirth workers and home care providers; informal caregivers, such as family members to seniors and at -risk people. Provide free masks for the public similar to South Korea, especially incarcerated women. • Require all hospitals and COVID-19 test sites to provide interpreters. • Immediately expand Medicaid for COVIDI9 to COFA migrants; • Increased mental health services that reach women, LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups, included incarcerated women including: • Continued mental health or mentor support to incarcerated girls at HYCF during the pandemic. • Ensuring no interruptions to mental health services at WCCC. • Parents and Caregivers: • Provide free, publicly funded childcare for all essential workers. Utilizing the additional Child Care and Development Block grant money and available federal waivers to provide no -cost care for emergency and essential workers. Designate 10 childcare providers across the state, ensuring equal access for all families, and work directly with the providers. Families should have minimal barriers to receiving care. For some of our essential workers (grocery store, post office, government, etc.) the closure of schools means an additional out of pocket cost for childcare. Housing, Shelter and Public Services: • Hotel rooms for unsheltered women and victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and sex trafficking, LGBTQ youth and others who are not able to access safe spaces and where shelters are full. Victim advocates to track and support women victims infected with COVID-19 who require hospitalization. • Ensure public restrooms are open, regularly cleaned and fully stocked; consider additional public handwashing stations and hand sanitizer distribution. • Make public transportation free to all in the short-term, and free and accessible to low-income individuals across the board. (e.g. public subsidies for Biki disproportionately do not benefit women caretakers of children who cannot use these forms of transportation with young children.) Digital and ICTAccess: • Provide ICT technologies and data plans for poor families to be able to access educational and new economic opportunities, including online applications for public assistance. • Provide smartphones and unlimited smartphone data and text.'talk plans for domestic violence victims and sex trafficking survivors. Release Programs: • Release all pretrial women detainees in jails and WCCC, and couple with funding accessible support programs for re-entry, including support for trans people. Incarcerated women have higher rates of health conditions that could make them seriously ill from COVID-19. Further nearly 2/3 of women in jail because they are unable to afford bail are mothers of children under age 18. 4. How should the state reshape and diversify the economy, making llawai`i more resilient to future economic downturns? We envision an economy that is diversified not only to become more resilient to the periodic crises of capitalism but which is resilient in a deeper sense -- that actively redresses inequalities and promotes the values of social well-being. In order to do this, we must: a) Reorient the sectoral focus of our economies by: • Reducing economic reliance on federal military programs, shrinking the military's social and ecological footprint in the islands, in order to move toward lower carbon -emitting industries and in order to address the social costs of military institutions locally and around the world. Repurpose military installations for higher and better public uses. • Rebalancing the role of tourism and its forms within Hawai`i's economy. Overtourism has highlighted the high social and environmental costs of this industry and going forward, the costs and benefits of tourism must be more thoroughly considered as they affect residents and the changing climate. Some communities have found ways to retain more direct benefits from more sustainable forms of tourism, often in ways that are led by indigenous people (good examples are the practices of the Kuna people of Panama, the Yolneu people of Australia and of Kangaroo Island as highlighted here and there are surely there are many examples here in our islands). Reorienting tourism toward equity and justice would mean that tourism could be defined as "the voluntary hosting of visitors in local communities for the benefit of locals (and second, tourists)". Some possibilities for reorienting this shift include "domestic social tourism in rural communities" which focuses on activities such as "having urban school groups hosted in rural communities... for educational tours" and tourism cooperatives Reorienting new construction toward actual real mixed use redevelopment and legitimate affordable housing, rather than luxury property development. The promises of new development and government backed re -development have led to turning local community and business areas into new areas of hotel and tourism use outside of Waikiki and traditional visitor destination areas. All new construction and land -use planning should be for local use. New construction and redevelopment that converts from use by medical professionals, local small businesses and local residential into luxury hotel should be prohibited land use. For example, the proliferation of new towers of luxury hotel use along the Ala Moana rail corridor demonstrate that development structures prioritize outside investor profit. Even during the COVID-19 crisis, decision makers used the time to approve another luxury tower complex. b) Identify new opportunities for more sustainable economic livelihoods by: • Identifying opportunities for Hawaii to support and benefit from sustainable PPE manufacturing, design or other opportunities that can provide materials to support the Covid 19 response and create jobs locally. Opportunities should be most available to displaced workers and other marginalized groups and should consider worker -owned cooperatives and other methods to share income generated more equitably. • Ensuring all green jobs stimulus programs also promote greater gender equality. Any stimulus focused on "green jobs" (renewable energy, etc.) or rebuilding infrastructure by funding construction jobs must proactively plan for gender equality and include formal programming for women, with special emphasis on communities of color and Native Hawaiians. There is currently no pipeline or support structure for women to enter the unionized trades (construction, environmental remediation, etc.). The Commission on the Status of Women is currently working with LiUna Local 368 (laborers union) to create a program but needs assistance in the form of one FTE Program Specialist (see HB2200 supplemental budget request) to oversee the project, as well as other research and advocacy to address the recovery and women. Indeed, research from Canada has demonstrated that COVID-19 recovery funds can be best used to strengthen care, education, culture and repair/reuse industries, because these 12 industries release fewer green -house gases per job and thus can support a climate -aware recovery. c) Build the state's social infrastructure (childcare, education and healthcare). Studies have shown that investing public funds in childcare and elder care services is more effective in reducing public deficits and debt than austerity policies and boosts employment, earnings, economic growth and fosters gender equality. This can be done by: • Childcare and eldercare: The state currently has an extreme childcare shortage, with only enough childcare seats to serve half of the state's children under age 6 who have two working parents. Hawai'i also has one of the fastest growing elderly population growth rates in the nation and has an eldercare deficit that is on the brink of crisis. • Create universal, free childcare and longterm eldercare, with pay parity to educators and nurses, for job creation and women's equality. • Ensure that cleaning staff are directly contracted (not subcontracted) by the state and receive a living wage. • Reinstate Medicaid health coverage for COFA migrants and provide healthcare to undocumented immigrants. d) Harness the role of midwifery to improve deficits in maternal and neonatal health care in Hawaii, especially in rural areas. Prioritize maternal health services for other marginalized groups through substantive consultation and cooperation not simply targeting those at risk. COVID-19 is not just a pandemic, but a maternal health catastrophe waiting to happen. We are seeing the gaps, flaws and limitations of a system that was not built to effectively serve mothers and babies during a pandemic. During a pandemic, out of hospital birth is essential to minimize transmission and spread to pregnant/birthing people and their babies. This pandemic is showing us how unprepared and ill-equipped our healthcare system is to address the needs of pregnant and birthing people and their babies, especially Black, Native and indigenous people. Black and Native women stand to bear the brunt of these failures. The pandemic is likely to exacerbate the birth disparities between Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Black women versus their white counterparts that existed before the pandemic. This will have long lasting implications. Ways in which Hawai'i can be proactive and improve, that other parts of the world have implemented: • Follow the World Health Organizations recent guidelines for breastfeeding with COVID-19 to ensure that the mother -baby dyad stays together • Upscale the workforce to make maternal child health a priority • Ensure there is a centralized resource where pregnant people can find the resources they need that are no longer being provided by hospitals such as childbirth education, lactation help and services, doulas, community midwives • Upscale the use of homebirth midwives and make them a part of the health care team and collaboration • Match hospital -based midwives with community midwives to meet the increasing demand for out of hospital birth options 13 Ensure that hospitals are allowing mothers to have support people with them during labor so they aren't laboring alone and without advocacy Ensure sure hospitals are not inducing woman too early and without proper pain management in an effort to avert COVID-l9 infection and transmission Ensure that insurance companies and Medicaid will cover midwifery services fully. e) Redress critical economic inequalities by: • Raising the minimum wage to what experts consider a living wage in Hawai'i for single mothers: $24.80'hour. This will work to reduce homelessness, dependency on men, and costs to the state DHS in terms of benefits to assist women because they comprise the majority of the state's impoverished. • Adopting Paid Sick Days and Paid Family Leave so workers are never again asked to choose between risking their health and the health of their community or putting food on their table. • Enact universal single payer healthcare. According to the WHO, Universal health coverage (UHC) means that all people and communities can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial hardship. This definition of UHC embodies three related objectives: • Equity in access to health services - everyone who needs services should get them, not only those who can pay for them; • The quality of health services should be good enough to improve the health of those receiving services; and • People should be protected against financial -risk, ensuring that the cost of using services does not put people at risk of financial harm. • Health is a human right and as the primary means of accessing and financing care in the US and Hawaii, health coverage must be available to all persons residing in the country, regardless of their race, ethnicity, immigration slalats, the language they speak, inhere they live, how they identify and how much money they make. According to the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), health care must be high quality, meaning it is patient - centered, responsive to cultural and linguistic needs and allows patients to receive the right care, at the right time and in the setting best suited for their needs. Health care must be comprehensive and include the full range of health care services and treatments that adults and children require. • Expand state Medicaid to COFA migrants because universal means everyone, and restore federal funding for all means -tested benefits for COFA migrants • Restructuring the tax system through increased property taxes and corporate taxes once the recession ends. • Developing innovative programs to address houselessness, including for those recently released. Fund Housing First and other programs that provide resources directly to individuals who are housing secure, rather than spending on policing, 14 justice resources, and temporary housing. These programs could build on examples such as The Homecoming Project which acts as a matchmaker between hosts and tenants, providing funding for the first 6 months of rent and offering support to both tenant and host. Perhaps the state could fund a nonprofit willing to work as case managers between prospective tenants and those with existing space, especially former Airbnb accommodations. Centering food system workers and farmworkers, not just larger -scale farmers, in agricultural and food self-sufficiency programs, widening access for low-income consumers. While residents have been reassured that food and basic good supply chains remain intact, so too are existing social inequalities that make accessina healthy food and basic goods difficult for low-income residents, many of whom are women. While the Governor has touted food self-sufficiency goals, this plan has not centered the people working in the low -paid and more precarious jobs in the food sector -- from grocery clerks to farmworkers -- now recognized as essential workers. f) Address gender -based violence in the immediate response and long-term recovery. Empirical data shows that domestic violence and sex trafficking spiked during the Great Recession of 2007. Across the globe and nation, domestic violence programs are seeing a surge in victimization and increased reports due to shelter -in -place orders. Sex trafficking personnel in our government and nongovernmental sectors are anticipating increased sex trafficking as a result of the pandemic and mass unemployment. There is an acute shortage in public interest lawyers, social workers and advocates, housing, and programming to assist victims. The Legislature should take immediate action to enact loan forgiveness for public interest lawyers, infiise finding into programs, and create a comprehensive campaign to address the violence. Below we summarize our overarching recommendations and principles for Gender -and Socially - Responsive COVID-19 Response and Recovery. 4. Recommended Principles & Practices for a Gender - and Socially -Responsive Recovery 1. Include Women+* in All Levels of Consultation, Decision -Making and Communication Outreach. Many of the gaps and issues we are observing and documenting have always existed. The pandemic is only exacerbating and highlighting the structural inequities and lack of access to resources faced by women, youth, Native Hawaiians, LGBT individuals and immigrants. Inclusion and representation and policy that centers these perspectives are critical now more than ever. In order to do so: • Implement innovative practices for public consultation in light of social distancing measures, including by addressing digital exclusion which means that low-income residents may not have access to technologies (please see the recommendations from the report "Eliminating the Digital Gender Gap among Low and Middle -Income Women and their Families in Hawaii"). In particular, ensure the representation of women4 and their organizations on the governor's economic recovery task force. Conduct gender, social, cultural and environment project appraisals or impact assessments of all proposed recovery policies. These could be rapid project appraisals but meaningful in line with established good practices. Conduct accessibility studies to ensure services and benefits are accessible to women in poverty. Too often service design assumes resource capacity that is not typical for women, youth, LGBT and immigrants who are most in need of benefits. This group could support the commission by developing criteria and requisites at the state level. Ensure the representation of women, youth, LGBT persons and immigrants within all levels decision -making regarding COVI19 response efforts, with a particular focus on centering the voices of Native Hawaiian women and women of color. Ensure ESL speakers and immigrants are reached through planned publicity campaigns about social distancing measures or similar. 2. Collect, Analyze, and Publish disaggregated data (gender, race ethnicity, age, zip code, and social data) on COVID-19 cases and the economic impact of COVID- 19, on par with the State of Michigan, or better. Evidence from previous outbreaks has shown that lack of data impedes decision making and recovery efforts. De -identified data is essential to protect the privacy of all cases, patients, and the providers. Minimum race ethnicity categories should relate to the OMB-15 standards and include Non - Hispanic White, Non -Hispanic Black, Hispanic Latinx, Filipinx, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Other Asian and Native Hawaiians (alone or in combination), Mixed, and Other. Cross tabulations should be used to examine relationships within data that may not be readily apparent. Socio-economic data on job loss by gender is an area for the State to understand fully, since women and people of color tend to be the first laid off in economic recessions due to several important labor: industry factors. Women and people of color are more likely to have jobs that can be categorized as part-time, hourly, seasonal, and or temporary positions. Benefits accrued differ widely in these categorical positions, to include: • Paid time off such as PTO, sick days, and vacation days • Health insurance • Life insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Retirement benefits or matching fund accounts • Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts, such as HSAs, FSAs, and HRAs. 3. Support women+'s economic independence, the redistribution of unpaid care work and the circular economy, ensuring jobs programs for women+ and public provision of childcare and programs, such as paid family leave that support more equitable distribution of childcare and recognized, paid work. This includes job opportunities for women under expanded Department of Health monitoring program and contact tracing program, and other issues as outlined above. A circular economy lens can provide Hawaii with forward -thinking opportunities to introduce new ethical norms in 16 business and fine-tune the balance between profit and social responsibility. Women leaders across Hawai'i are already proving they are ready to achieve more sustainable business practices coupled with a positive social impact for all of Hawaii. According to the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, a circular economy aims to redefine growth, focusing on positive society -wide benefits. It entails gradually decoupling economic activity from the consumption of finite resources, and designing waste out of the system. Underpinned by a transition to renewable energy sources, the circular model builds economic, natural, and social capital. It is based on three principles with great resonance to Hawai'i's own ancient traditions: • Design out waste and pollution • Keep products and materials in use • Regenerate natural systems 4. Eliminate the Digital Gender Gan among Low and Middle -Income Women and their Families in Hawaii. 5. Reform the immigration system in order to guarantee immigrants' rights and eventually reaffirm our support for freedom of movement. 5. Conclusion The COVID- 19 response and recovery plan sets the stage for a series of what could be some of the most important and transformative policy decisions that Hawai'i and the world have the opportunity to enact in 2020 and many years in the future. Recovery stimulus funds are supposed to be neutral, but we know this is not possible in an unequal society without a thoughtful plan that ties in gender with race, indigeneity and class. Based on history, we know not everyone will receive aid according to their need if the response and recovery plan. With today's global emergency, we have a duty to address the issue of exclusion head-on, and ensure all responses to COVID-19 are inclusive of the world's most vulnerable people starting in our own community. These problems can be overcome, but we must first admit that they exist. When those providing aid are held to task by the community to address existing power relations, reaching everyone according to their need is perfectly possible. This is the outcome we are organizing toward. A successful recovery plan will go beyond policy, and aim policy at deep cultural change. Reversing climate change, repairing historical violence and inequality within and between countries, addressing inequalities within households, eliminating gender -based and sexual violence, and ending mass incarceration will require us to recognize and value all members of our communities beyond their value to economic production in capitalism. This is essential to our survival. In our view, we therefore need to be speaking not only about response and recovery, but also of repair and revival: repair of historic harms and intergenerational trauma, revival of place -based practices and knowledge and self-determination. Only in this way can we hope to renew our connections, inseparably economic and social, with women, with one another and with the wider 17 world of which we are a part. In our view, we are not seeking "to return to normal" but to build bridges to a feminist future for Hawaii. * References to women, within this document refer to women, girls and people who identify as women, including trans* women, and who identify as femme, nonbinary and/or gendertluid. Annex A: Relevant Links and Articles Center for Equitable Growth httl2://www.wiserpolicy.org WOMEN AS A FORCE FOR ACCELERATED AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC RECOVERY POST COVID-19 IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC https://www2.unwomen.o /media/field°.%20office%20eseasia/docs/publications/2020/04/200409 covid%20action v 1 1 pdf? la=en&vs=710 Annex B: Analysis of the UHERO Economic Recovery Plan Overall, we agree that there is also a strong economic case_for caution in reopening, in addition to obvious health and social reasoning. At least one study has found, based on data from the 1918 flu, that "cities that intervened earlier and more aggressively [by implementing non - pharmaceutical health interventions] do not perform worse and, if anything, grow faster after the pandemic is over" (from the paper b • SerQrio Correia. Stephan Luck, and Emil Verner). While growth is not the only economic criteria that needs to be considered in the recovery process, we agree that our economies are more resilient when we place health and wellbeing at the center. We would also reiterate the need to defer to public health officials on the proper manner, timing and sequencing of lifting Covid19 mitigation measures. Below are our suggestions for strengthening UHERO's plan and the state's response regarding the suggested criteria needed for resuming some economic activity. Implement gender- and socially -responsive public health programming, including with relation to contact tracing. The expansion of the DOH contract tracing program should be open to applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, more broadly than police and educators as suggested by UHERO, who may hold the relevant skills such as recently unemployed groups, university graduate teaching assistants and others to be identified. The expansion should ensure the representation of Hawai'i`s different communities and language speakers, and those working with or from houseless and other communities in order to ensure effective tracing. Additionally, while digital solutions will necessarily need to be part of the contract tracing programs, these programs should also ensure that persons without access to smartphones can be reached through non-smartphone mobile applications or otherwise. 18 Center the most marginalized when developing criteria for relaxing stay-at-home Orders. Drawing on the decisions and recommendations of public health experts, we understand and agree that restrictions should be lifted only with an effective monitoring system in place and with the effects of lifting closely monitored. We would also include that the criteria for lifting restrictions should center those most marginalized, including houseless people, disabled people, the elderly and others who are at increased risk in order to ensure that cases in their communities are eliminated and not simply left with ongoing illness when the majority of community spread is contained. We therefore suggest the goal of full elimination -- zero COVID-19 cases -- in order that those already most marginalized have their rights and needs considered. In order to properly implement such orders, a broader swath of evidence and community input must be considered in relation to the socio-economic equity impacts of COVID-19 (e.g. possible policy responses and studies from the Center for Equitable Growth and Women's. Institute for Science. Eduity and Race I WISER, amongst others) and provide compelling evidence for how the state will ensure no COVID-19 cases amongst harder to reach populations -- such as the houseless and others -- and a plan for outreach in those communities. This should also be front and center in planning over the longer term until a vaccine can be developed. Consider the impacts and consequences of asking those most at -risk to carry the burden of ongoing social distancing under relaxed orders. A disability analysis should be conducted about the implications of "strongly recommending the more vulnerable (older individuals or those with pre-existing conditions that expose them to higher coronavirus risk) remain at home" (page 9), as this could lead to discrimination and penalize the elderly. Rather, there must also be significant emphasis on testing, monitoring and public education programs that target able-bodied and young people in teaching them to take proper precautions. More careful consideration of these issues are needed than outlined in the UHERO or AEI report especially as regards long -term -care facilities and nursing home as well as proposals asking more at -risk teaching staff to teach online (page 1 l ). 4. Ensure free and equal access to the equipment and testing needed to return to work. For example, access to masks - cloth and later, when supplies are available for surgical grade ones - cannot be mediated only through the market as this will exacerbate existing inequalities. Similarly, there is a need to ensure free access to any tests required to return to work, including the "positive coronavirus antibody tests" that the UHERO reports recommends in order "to take jobs that require close contact with other workers or customers." At face value, measures such as these will likely to disadvantage women who undertake the majority of caring-- and now teaching -- responsibilities for children at home, for elderly and those who are ill or recovering. Safeguarding and promoting women's employment can only go hand in hand with effective provision of public childcare for essential workers, as we outline below. As industries adapt to social distancing requirements, it will be important to track data on changes to the workforce and layoffs in order to understand how workers who are on part-time, more vulnerable and precarious contracts are being affected. Ensuring free and equal access to the 19 equipment and testing needed to return to work, school, volunteering, and community life must also provide much needed support to rural areas and Medically Underserved Areas. 5. Defer to educational experts who can highlight the disability, gender and social impacts of proposed changes to education. Much remains to be determined about how educational institutions can cope with and adapt to the consequences of COVID-19 and economic recovery discussions should defer to education, disability and childcare experts in proposing measures for economic reopening. The state should make transparent the kids who are served, including access to online remote learning, disaggregated by complex area, grade, disability status, race, free and reduced lunch, and language status. These measures must safeguard the rights of students with disabilities, ensure the accessibility of online education, for low-income families as well as families speaking languages other than English in the home, and address the gender disparities in terms of women's time spent on new home and online teaching methods. Proposals for changes to education, such as morning and afternoon sessions, must critically address the question of childcare -- a subject the UHERO report is completely silent on. 6. Enable a broader discussion on the role of tourism in Hawai'i`s economy and society, centering the adjustment needs of the tourism workforce and the rights of residents. As the UHERO report highlights, it is important that the state not remove social distancing measures too soon (page 4). However, recent comments that Hawai'i could become the "premier destination for US travelers", if it "is perceived as a safe place" made by UHERO Executive Director Carl Bonham raise some concerns about the benchmarks in place for safety and whose safety will be adequately prioritized. Although the UHERO report highlights a 12-18 month delay to restarting the tourism industry, it proposes no substantive changes to tourism as usual nor considers that tourism and air travel may potentially be permanently altered by COVID-19. We need proactive and creative thinking on alternative forms of tourism that better prioritize local residents (as we outline below), on economic alternatives to tourism and on effective adjustment, retraining and small business opportunities for affected workers. 20