Lessons in Disaster, Online, December 2025
Join us for the Lessons in Disaster training package.
Date and time
Location
Online
About this event
- Event lasts 1 day 4 hours
Gender and Disaster Australia is bringing our award winning Lessons in Disaster training to your community.
Tickets are free thanks to federal funding from the Commonwealth Government, through the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032.
Do you work with communities affected by disasters? Don't miss out on our valuable Lessons in Disaster training.
With the heightened probability of more intense and frequent disasters due to climate change, coupled with social fragmentation and mounting pressure on emergency services, communities face growing challenges in recovery. Extended recovery periods will have an adverse effect on families, partners, and specific vulnerable groups. Research has demonstrated an upsurge in domestic and family violence following such disasters.
Our Lessons in Disaster training will help you understand:
- The distinct experiences of women, men, and LGBTIQA+ people during disasters.
- How gender roles often expect men to protect and provide while women are expected to prioritise nurturing others at the expense of their own safety.
- That LGBTIQA+ people's needs are frequently overlooked in disaster situations.
- That applying a gendered lens at every stage of disaster leads to stronger and more inclusive communities in recovery.
The program is as follows.
Day One
10.30am to 12.30pm - Session 1: Gender and Disaster - the Evidence
1.00pm to 2.30pm - Session 2: The Drivers of Family Violence
Day Two
10.30am to 12.00pm - Session 3: Disaster, Gender and Diversity
1.00pm to 2.30pm - Session 4: Working Towards Change
THIS TRAINING PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS WITH:
• Knowledge of the concept of the social construction of gender and the impact on men and women’s experience of disaster
• Knowledge to identify the implicit and explicit behaviours of individuals, and the organisational practices that support rigid gender roles
• Strategies and actions to facilitate constructive responses by men in and after disaster and to ensure the safety needs of women and children are met
• Strategies to address gender inequalities
• Knowledge of how to refer appropriately when family violence is indicated
• Increased awareness of the value of building a gender-responsive organisation
For more information about Gender and Disaster Australia, our resources and other training opportunities visit: genderanddisaster.com.au
EVIDENCE
Gender and Disaster Australia has been awarded at state, federal and international levels.
2019 - The 2019 Resilience Australian National Significance Award for ‘Addressing domestic violence in disasters through implementing National GEM Guidelines’
2019 - The Victorian Resilient Australia Community Award 2019 for the ‘Long-term Disaster Resilience’ research report.
2017 - The Mary Fran Myers Award 2017 was awarded to Dr Deb Parkinson by the Natural Hazards Centre in Boulder, Colorado, and the Gender and Disaster Network.
2014 - Resilient Australia Award, sponsored by the Attorney-General’s Department, for ‘Gender & Disaster: Leading the Change’, in the category of ‘Projects of National Significance’.
2013 - Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Award for ‘Family violence after natural disaster research: Breaking new ground’, in the category of ‘Knowledge and Understanding’.
Organised by
Gender and Disaster Australia (GADAus) : addressing the harmful impacts of gender stereotypes in disaster.