STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1363-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 136

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 136 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING STATE DEPARTMENTS AND THE SEVERAL COUNTIES TO AFFIRM THE TENETS AND PRINCIPLES FOUND IN THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Request the state departments and the several counties to affirm the tenets and principles found in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women;

 

     (2)  Urge the state departments and the several counties to work with the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to develop gender analysis guidelines, and include the examination of race, disability, immigration status, sexual orientation, and other demographic characteristics that are linked to gender; and

 

     (3)  Urge the Department of Human Resources Development and the several counties to implement a gender analysis of governmental functions.

 

     The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, YWCA of Oahu, and Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 136 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair