AJEM | Australian Journal of Emergency Management

'Women and men are involved in and affected differently by disasters. For too long we have been ‘gender-blind’ when developing policy, planning for, responding to, and recovering from disasters.

'The articles and practical stories in this journal edition draw on the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires and recent Victorian and South Australian research and show that resilience to disasters is affected in important ways and on a large scale by gender. Openly seeking, valuing and implementing a gendered perspective to emergency management is requisite to building disaster resilience.'

Naomi Brown
Interim Chair, Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre
Chair, WA Marine Science Institution
retired CEO, AFAC

News and views

AJEM April 2013 Foreword: Naomi Brown view view
Practical stories: Genesis of women's programs view view
Practical stories: Myrtleford Men's Shed view view
Practical stories: The Toodyay experience: connecting with men in disaster recovery view view
Practical stories: Through women's eyes: disaster resilience in the Alpine Shire view view
The hidden disaster: domestic violence in the aftermath of natural disaster view view
Practical stories: Family violence after natural disaster training view view
Practical stories: Gender in emergency management policy view view
Gender and disaster recovery: strategic issues and action in Australia view view
Practical stories: Firey Women program view view
Practical stories: Weather the storm – women prepare view view
Regional Victoria in 2021: changes and implications for the emergency management sector view view
10 years on from the 2003 Canberra bushfires: vigilance and cooperation is key view view
From ashes to arboretum: protecting the ACT's natural land assets view view
2013 Australia Day Honours view view

Research

Gendered communication and public safety: women, men and incident management view view
Place matters view view
Gender, masculinity and bushfire: Australia in an international context view view

EM online

Gender resources pack view view