Women’s leadership and a community ‘saving itself’: learning from disasters, health and well-being impacts of the Northern Rivers flood 2022

This state-based report describes research conducted 9 months after the February 2022 flood event that impacted the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. This research aims to understand the gendered impacts of disasters and the effects on the health and wellbeing of residents.

Author(s): Wendy Foote, Margaret Aston, David Betts, Tracy McEwan
Organisation: University of Newcastle
Year Published: 2021
Language: English

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