Gender & Disaster Australia
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Gender & Disaster Australia (GADA) promotes an understanding of the role played by gender in survivor responses to natural disaster, and to embed these insights into emergency management practice. The initiative of two Victorian Women’s Health organisations, Women’s Health Goulburn North East (WHGNE) and Women’s Health In the North (WHIN), it has worked in partnership with the Monash University Disaster Resilience Initiative (MUDRI) for more than a decade.
GADA delivered the Gender Justice in Disaster Inspiring Action Conference in 2021, focused on bringing a gender lens to critical issues of contemporary emergency. GADA offers education and training resources which include two comprehensive training packages and a Train-the-Trainer package. These materials provide practical strategies to incorporate gender considerations into emergency management policy, planning, decision-making and service delivery.
XYX Lab wins Designers Australia Awards
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XYX Lab is a team of experienced design researchers exploring gender-sensitive design practices and theory. Their work is grounded in feminist and queer theory and activated through real-world projects, operating at the intersection of gender, identity, urban space and advocacy. Through research, they bring together planners, policy makers, local government and stakeholders to make tangible the experiences of underrepresented communities in urban space and planning.
XYX Lab offers Gender-sensitive training for inclusive placemaking ; Toolkits to improve the safety of women and girls on public transport; and Design guides for improving housing for older women.
In 2021, XYX were a winner at the Designers Australia Awards in the Interact Category for their installation 'HyperSext', platforming the lived experiences of women, girls and LGBTIQ+ people in public spaces.
Safe and Equal @ Work
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The Safe and Equal @ Work program, launched in May 2021, is a research program aiming to inform and develop workforce pathways, training supports and job creation for family violence victim-survivors. The program builds on the lived experience of family violence survivors to develop better family violence responses and prevention measures in collaboration with industry and employers. The program focuseds on enhanced safety, helping address women’s financial insecurity and gender inequalities in the workplace, and producing economic benefits through greater workforce participation.