To fully understand and appreciate the pride Utah women’s basketball standout Alissa Pili feels for her Polynesian heritage, one needs only to look at her right leg. Tattooed there, in prominent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native Hawaiian women and girls experience disproportionate levels of violence, inequities that have long been insufficiently ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Many native communities throughout the United States experience high levels of gender-based violence. This is especially true in Hawaii. An alarming report from the Office ...

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Pua Case is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. The program launched in 2022 as a continuation ...

The Senate unanimously passed legislation that would make funding for survivors of gender-based violence more inclusive of communities that need it most. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Lawmakers have created a new task force to research missing and murdered Native Hawaiian women and girls. The task force will be co-chaired by the Hawaii State ...

The average profile of a missing child in Hawaii is a 15-year-old Native Hawaiian girl. Despite making up just 10% of the state’s population, Native Hawaiian girls and women account for nearly 2 in 3 ...

HONOLULU (AP) — At first, he was just a boyfriend. He gave Ashley Maha’a gifts and attention. But then he gave her drugs and became controlling and abusive. He would punish her for breaking ambiguous, ...

Native Hawaiian women and girls experience disproportionate levels of violence, inequities that have long been insufficiently addressed, new research shows. In particular, sexual exploitation remains ...