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.