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.