Women’s Center

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Campus Center, Room 312
(808) 974-7306
www.uhh.hawaii.edu/studentaffairs/womenscenter.php

The UH Hilo Women’s Center serves as a focal point on campus for issues relating to gender equality, leadership, safety, and the empowerment of women. To accomplish its mission, the Center provides educational programming, direct services and resources, leadership, and opportunities for students to work and participate in internships. Educational programs and activities for the campus community, especially students, focus on topics and issues pertaining to women and gender and the intersections of gender with race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and class to promote social justice and understanding of these issues and to foster a sense of community among the University’s diverse groups of women and men. Annual activities include celebrating National Women’s History Month; sponsoring Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues;” highlighting Sexual Assault Awareness Week; offering films, lectures, and trainings; and organizing collaborative co-curricular programming with other UH Hilo and community departments, programs, and agencies that builds connections between students’ classroom-based learning with out-of-classroom experiences. Direct services and resources assist individuals with dealing with issues such as domestic violence, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and hate crimes. Leadership efforts are aimed at building the capacity of female and male students and other campus community members to effect change in the areas of gender equity and social justice, as well as advocating for changes in campus policies, procedures, practices and services that impact women’s educational opportunities and experiences and the campus climate for women. The Center also provides opportunities for students to work at the Center and develop leadership and professional skills, participate in internships and practica and in local, regional, and national conferences. In addition, the Center houses a resource lending library (books, videotapes) for students, faculty, and staff.