Gender and Disaster Australia In Conversation with Professor Michael Flood

Gender and Disaster Australia is the national leader working at the intersection between gender and disaster. We provide evidence-based education, training, and resources to address the harmful impacts of gendered expectations before, during, and after disasters.

Throughout 2026 we'll be hosting a series of unmissable webinars with renowned speakers where Dr Margaret Moreton, CEO at GADAus will lead us all into a thoughtful and insightful conversation that explores disaster through a gendered-lens. We'll also open the floor to the audience to hear the issues that matter most to you in a Q & A.

EVENT ACCESSIBILITY

We aim to ensure that all people have equal access to our online event. If you have any access requirements or need us to make any adjustments for you to participate fully, please let us know at info@gadaustralia.com.au

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

Professor Michael Flood is an internationally recognised researcher on men, masculinities, and gender, violence against women, and violence prevention. Flood has driven community and policy attention to the goal of fostering more gender-equitable lives for boys and men. His scholarship and public education are widely used reference points for violence prevention work with men and boys. Flood’s work has shaped the international development of the ‘engaging men’ field, frameworks on men, gender and violence, the strategies and programs used, and standards for practice. Flood is the author of Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention (2019), the co-author of Masculinity and Violent Extremism (2022) and Young Men’s Online Lives: cultivating critical digital dispositions towards gender justice (2025), and the author of numerous other books, journal articles, and resources.

Dr Margaret Moreton has had an extensive career spanning 40 years including social policy and advisory roles, program management, and the provision of consultancy services. She has held various leadership positions and undertaken significant projects and contract work within government, and the non?government, business, philanthropy and community sectors.

Dr Moreton is a passionate advocate for inclusive and collaborative approaches to building resilience to disasters. She believes strongly that we must take a systemic approach to face the challenge of increasingly intense and frequent disasters. Her commitment is to work so that diverse genders are safe before, during and after disasters, have a voice in building their own disaster resilience and are able to survive, contribute, and thrive in their communities and organisations.