Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women

Key findings of the report include that more than a quarter of missing girls in Hawaiʻi are Native Hawaiian and that members of the U.S. military play an outsized role in the sexual exploitation of children in the state. HPR's Zoe Dym has more on the findings.

The Supreme Court of the United States overturned the federal right to abortion this summer. While that banned the procedure in many states, it remains legal in Hawaiʻi — but access continues to be an issue. Now, the Hawaiʻi Abortion Collective has made an official guide to abortion access.

A new report shows a high level of inequity in access to menstrual products in the state. In a survey of about 400 individuals, nearly one-third said they or someone in their household has experienced difficulty obtaining period products.

Hawaiʻi is forming a task force to study the issue of missing and murdered Native Hawaiian women and girls. The state House created the panel, which aims to gather data and identify the reasons behind the problem. Few figures currently exist, but those that do suggest Native Hawaiians are disproportionately represented among the state’s sex trafficking victims.