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Kristi Noem accused of misusing results of Maui ‘survival sex’ survey

LAHAINA, MAUI, HAWAII, JUL 16 – Kristi Noem used a survey revealing 1 in 6 female Filipino wildfire survivors exchanged sex for necessities to call for shifting disaster response authority from FEMA to states, sparking debate.

Two members of Hawaii’s congressional delegation and the co-author of a study on Lahaina wildfire survivors are criticizing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s use of the report’s findings to blast the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the disaster. The report from Tagnawa, a Filipino feminist disaster response organization, was released May 29 as a first-of-its-kind look at how women in Hawaii and gender equality fared in …

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The Garden Island broke the news in Hawaii, United States on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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