BuildHER Hackathon

BuildHER is a one-day hackathon in Kuala Lumpur for women who want to build solutions that make daily life lighter. Not pink apps. Not performative empowerment. Real tools for real friction. This Year’s Theme: The Invisible Load Women carry a disproportionate amount of emotional, mental, and cognitive labour — at home, at work, in relationships. Most of it is unpaid. Almost none of it is designed for. The invisible load isn’t a personality trait. It’s a systems failure. We’re here to build better systems. What We’re Building Projects can tackle anything in the invisible load space: Burnout and mental overload, Household coordination and care management, Emotional labour in the workplace, Relationship and communication friction, Cycle-aware planning and cognitive capacity tools. You don’t need to code. You don’t need a team. You don’t even need a fully formed idea. You just need to be done with problems that get dismissed as “just how things are.” Who This Is For Designers, Developers, Product thinkers, Students, First-time hackers, Women who have never touched a hackathon, Women who’ve done ten. If you’ve ever thought why doesn’t something like this exist, it’s for you. No gatekeeping. No prior experience required. Just building. What to Expect You’ll start the day forming teams or going solo then move into structured build time with mentors available throughout. The day closes with project demos and a supportive judging panel that gets it. This is a space to experiment, prototype, and think differently. Why It Matters The tools we use shape how labour gets distributed. If we don’t build for ourselves, someone else decides what gets automated — and what stays invisible. We’ve been waiting long enough. Let’s build.