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22.01.2022 With one fifth of the Australian population speaking a language other than English, it’s vital that language appropriate information and resources to support those experiencing violence are readily available. That’s why our Gender and Disaster (GAD) Pod is launching newly translated versions of our ‘Disaster is No Excuse for Violence’ postcard, making this simple but important referral material available in 10 of the most prominent languages spoken across Australia. The ‘Disa...ster is No Excuse for Violence’ postcard has been designed to be distributed among relevant organisation and communities affected by natural disaster, and outlines an easy-to-remember four-step process for identifying incidents of family violence and accessing appropriate support services. For your copy of the postcards, which are now available in English, Greek, Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi, Italian, Spanish, Swahili, Vietnamese, Chinese (simplified). Visit: www.genderanddisaster.com.au

20.01.2022 The Gender Justice in Disaster: Inspiring Action Conference is coming to you in May 2021 One of our lead-in session speakers for the The National Gender and Emergency Management (GEM) Guidelines: Incorporating people of diverse gender and sexual identities, and with proposed new sections on pregnant and breastfeeding women; and evacuation Centres is Krissy Nicholson. Krissy Nicholson is the Family Violence Prevention Officer at the City of Casey. She is working in partnership... with the Gender and Disaster Pod to develop training and guidelines for relief centres. Krissy has a Master of Public Health and 15 years program management experience in a range of settings. From global emergencies such as Tsunami’s, Earthquakes and Cholera outbreaks, through to her current work that includes applying a gender lens to Casey’s COVID 19 pandemic response and recovery. Krissy is a passionate advocate for social change and raising awareness about the link between gender inequality and violence against women. For more information on the conference and to register visit our conference webpage: www.genderanddisaster.com.au///gender-justice-in-disaster/

19.01.2022 Our seventh activist for our #16Days #16Activists series is Debra Parkinson, Gender and Disaster Pod (GAD Pod) Manager and Research Fellow with Monash Universit...y Disaster Resilience Initiative. Since 2009, Debra’s research has focused on environmental justice and #gender and #disaster. In 2015, Deb was awarded the Social and Political Sciences Graduate Research Thesis Award from Monash University for her PhD on increased #domesticviolence after the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires. Over the past two decades, Debra’s research has included intimate partner violence, partner rape, women’s unequal access to the legal system, and gendered discrimination through the superannuation system. This work shines a light on the impacts of rigid gender roles in responding to disasters. During PreventX, Debra called for our community to stand up for women and children’s rights to live free from violence, including and especially after disasters. Visit the GAD Pod site for information about family violence and natural disasters: https://bit.ly/33vMT0W GAD Pod’s ‘Disaster is no excuse for family violence’ postcard has been translated into 10 languages, check it out here: https://bit.ly/3qhxwmE

19.01.2022 A visual panel discussion from the Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria PreventX Conference with Dr Debra Parkinson and Liam Leonard from the #GADPod as panelist speakers.

09.01.2022 Our 16 Days of Activism event is one week away! Register now to learn from leading experts in the field, including panelist speakers Dr Debra Parkinson, Liam Leonard, Steve O’Malley and Beth Taylor. For more information about this free online event and to register your attendance, visit: https://gadpodpanel.eventbrite.com.au

09.01.2022 Interested in learning about our work at the Gender and Disaster Pod with a live Q&A Panel? Register now to attend our upcoming 16 Days of Activism online event. For more information visit: https://gadpodpanel.eventbrite.com.au

08.01.2022 *SPONSORED PLACES* The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) has kindly offered to sponsor 20 places in our conference. This means 20 people will be able to attend our conference for FREE! This opportunity is available for volunteers, community members and students. We encourage you to participate in the sessions as they are LIVE, connect with others through the chat, ask your own questions, and hear panellists’ answers in real time. Be inspired to take action... on these cutting edge and evolving issues! It would be great to see you in person at the conference launch which is an IN-PERSON event at The Wheeler Centre tomorrow! To register for this FREE event click here: https://www.wheelercentre.com/events/disaster-and-beyond Be part of this vital conversation! If you or someone you know is interested in attending the Gender Justice in Disaster: Inspiring Action Conference and would like a sponsored position, please email our Conference organiser Lee-Anne Wilson at [email protected].

05.01.2022 Our Gender and Disaster Pod Q&A Panel recording for 16 Days of Activism is live! Check out the video below.

03.01.2022 Our 16 Days of Activism event is happening today! Join the webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87564400932

01.01.2022 In this Lead-In Session for the Gender Justice in Disaster Conference, Dr Rob Gordon conveys the social and individual impacts of disasters on people across the world. Dr Rob Gordon is well known to disaster-affected communities across Australia. He is a clinical psychologist and trauma expert, and, for more than forty years from Ash Wednesday in 1983 to COVID-19 he has studied disaster’s effects and worked with individuals and communities in recovery. He notes that the loss of privacy that accompanies disasters can result in a loss of intimacy. He reflects on gender and the role this plays in disaster experience. He notes that ‘Gender stereotypes undermine our common humanity’. To Register: https://www.genderanddisaster.com.au//gender-justice-in-d/ Lead-In Session: https://youtu.be/CfT1E3OVb2Q