Individual/Community Member Specific Actions
Before Disaster
Actions for Gender equity
[x_icon_list][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Run a community group on gender stereotypes, ideally tailored for disaster contexts, e.g. Gender equity training offered by Women’s Health Services, e.g. http://whe.org.au/what-we-do/gender-equity-for-health-outcomes/ (Gender equity in Disaster training available 2016)[/x_icon_list_item][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Remember, if you are fit and strong, you can apply for a physically demanding job, whether male or female. [/x_icon_list_item][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Celebrate the achievements of men and women in non-traditional roles, e.g. through media articles and community awards.[/x_icon_list_item][/x_icon_list]Surviving Disasters for Men and Women
[x_icon_list][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Run or attend (or lobby for) local classes for women in bushfires or floods, e.g. in S.A. http://www.cfs.sa.gov.au/site/prepare_for_bushfire/cfs_community_events/firey_women.jsp [/x_icon_list_item][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Source information on the web for women in disaster, http://www.whealth.com.au/work_through_womens_eyes.html, http://www.whealth.com.au/documents/work/its-up-to-you-for-72/WHGNE-72-Before-During-After%20Disaster-Checklist.pdf , http://www.security4women.org.au/today-womens-voices-from-the-floodplains-will-be-heard [/x_icon_list_item][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Join community emergency planning meetings and ensure they are inclusive to all groups, by, for example, attending to childcare, transport, timing and access issues.[/x_icon_list_item][/x_icon_list]During Disaster
[x_icon_list][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Enact disaster survival plans which have been developed collaboratively with relevant household, street or community members, and based on skills and abilities, not gender.[/x_icon_list_item][/x_icon_list]After Disaster
Actions for Gender Equity
[x_icon_list][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Resist stereotypes – men can be involved in caring responsibilities and women can do more than make sandwiches![/x_icon_list_item][/x_icon_list]Surviving Disaster for Men and Women
[x_icon_list][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Host an alcohol-free street or community event to reconnect networks.[/x_icon_list_item][/x_icon_list]Domestic Violence
[x_icon_list][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Ask! Follow the 4-steps. [/x_icon_list_item][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Use or tell others about male help-lines. [/x_icon_list_item][x_icon_list_item type=”square-o”]Set up or join a male support group.[/x_icon_list_item][/x_icon_list]Resources
[x_text]WATCH: Actions and Support video (1:45)
WATCH: Turning Negatives into Successes (2:19)
WATCH: Actions for Gender Equity in the Emergency Services (10:29)
WATCH: What actions can we take to help men and women survive disaster in a more effect way? (5:52)[/x_text]