Terri Inefuku2023-02-24T16:07:49-10:00February 24, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: HCR, human and civil rights committee, Mai Movement Hawaii, menstrual equity, menstrual products, Pads, Period poverty, Tampons|
This resource page provides an overview of period poverty, the benefits of menstrual equity on absenteeism and student confidence, an easy-to-follow implementation tool kit, and best practices to ensure menstruating students have access to free period products at your school.
Terri Inefuku2023-01-20T14:35:46-10:00January 18, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: early education, Ilima Intermediate School, legislature, lieutenant governor, menstrual equity, opening day, Period poverty, pre-K, preschool, ron kouchi, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, Sylvia Luke|
Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke’s plans to massively expand access to preschool across Hawaiʻi received a ringing endorsement from the state Senate president during the Legislature’s opening ceremonies.
Terri Inefuku2022-06-21T16:39:26-10:00June 21, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy, bill, David Ige, governor, Hawaii, Ilima Intermediate, law, legislature, Mai Movement Hawaii, menstrual equity, menstruation, period, Period poverty, Senate Bill 2821, testimony, Washington Place|
Gov. David Ige signed Senate Bill 2821 into law Monday, making Hawaiʻi the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students.
Terri Inefuku2022-04-22T16:29:34-10:00April 22, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Class VII, committee, compression, conference, House, menstruation equity, money, Period poverty, salary, Senate, teacher pay|
Conferees from the House and Senate will have to agree on the final language of the bills before they go to a full floor vote in both houses.
Terri Inefuku2022-04-05T09:44:49-10:00April 5, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: FOY, friend of youth award, HCR, HSTA HCR, human and civil rights committee, Ma'i Movement, menstrual equity, Nikki-Ann Yee, Period poverty|
This year’s recipient is Nikki-Ann Yee, co-founder of Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi. The HSTA recognized Nikki at its annual state convention on Saturday, April 2, at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center.
Jill Meinecke2022-03-17T16:46:32-10:00March 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii House Education Committee, ʻIlima Intermediate, legislature, Maʻi movement, menstrual equity, Nikki Yee, Period poverty, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
The state House Education Committee Thursday unanimously advanced a bill poised to end period poverty in Hawaii. Hawaii would be the sixth state in the U.S. to require public schools to provide free period products to students, should the bill be signed into law.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-18T13:18:59-10:00February 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: legislature, menstrual equity, Period poverty, SB2821, Senate, Senate Bill, Ways and Means Committee|
Lawmakers tasked with overseeing the state’s finances received nearly 200 pages of written testimony in support of Senate Bill 2821 SD1 relating to menstrual equity.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-10T09:21:22-10:00February 9, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Heidi Armstrong, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Maʻi movement, menstrual equality, menstrual products, Pads, Period poverty, Period poverty proposal, Tampons|
The state House Education Committee Tuesday unanimously approved House Bill 2249 that would require Hawaii public and charter schools to provide free, quality menstrual products to students, moving it one step closer to becoming law.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-31T10:29:04-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Ilima Intermediate, legislative priorities, legislature, Ma'i Movement, menstrual equity, NEA, Period poverty, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, Sen. Ron Kouchi, Senate, Senate Education Committee|
Hawaii would become the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students, under Senate Bill 2821, which the state Senate Education Committee unanimously approved Friday.
