The AWE Recognition Awards
The AWE Recognition Awards
The Australasian Women in Emergencies Network (AWE) is delighted to announce the second annual AWE Recognition Awards.
The Awards are an opportunity to shine a light on emergency management and disaster resilience to highlight and celebrate the remarkable women we work with. We will formally recognise and honour those who inspire us and make a profound difference in emergency management and disaster resilience across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific.
All AWE members are eligible to make nominations.
2024 Important Dates
Entries for 2024 open on 26 July and close at 12 midnight AEST on 4 September 2024. The entry closing date and time are final.
If you have any questions about the nomination process, please contact AWE by email at info@awenetwork.org.au or speak with an AWE Committee member. If you have difficulty speaking or understanding English, contact an AWE Committee member who will help you with your nomination.
Access the Nomination Form below.
2024 key dates
- 26 July – Nominations open
- 4 September – Nominations close at 12 midnight AEST
- 1 October – Winners announced.
The AWE Recognition Awards are open to women who work, volunteer, study, research, have experience, or are interested in emergencies and disaster resilience across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. This includes women from all sectors involved in emergencies, whether big or small, paid or unpaid, encompassing emergency services, community and not-for-profit organisations, governments and agencies, universities and schools, and the private sector.
We’re looking for women who contribute across a range of areas including:
- Planning and preparation
- Response, relief and recovery
- Policy and practice
- Community resilience building
- Education and training
- Research
- Volunteering
- Diversity and inclusion
- Supporting other women in the sector
- Supporting women, gender equity and AWE
This year we are including a category to acknowledge the allies of women in the emergency sector in accordance with the requirements below.
If you know someone who is making an important contribution in one of these areas, meets the criteria below, and embodies the AWE values, we encourage you to nominate them for an AWE Recognition Award.
AWE Values
- Diversity: AWE is committed to principles of respect, equality, and social justice, and we value and welcome diversity of abilities, opinions, gender, and ethnicity
- Trust: AWE is committed to integrity and trust and encourages and values openness and honesty
- Relationships: AWE is committed to effective relationships built though teamwork, cooperation, and collaboration
- Adaptability: AWE is flexible, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement
- Accountability: AWE honours its commitments, takes ownership of its work, and takes responsibility of all that it does.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominees must be at least 16 years of age to be nominated.
- Nominators must be members of AWE Network.
- The contact details of one or two people who have agreed to act as referee should be provided. The nominator cannot also be the referee for the person being nominated.
- A person can receive only one Award each year and is not eligible for another Award within three years.
Selection Criteria
- Self-nominations are encouraged.
- In choosing the recipients of the Awards, regard is given to the nominee’s achievements in the year immediately prior to receiving the award, as well as their past achievements and ongoing contribution to emergency management and disaster resilience.
- A nominee need only be nominated once to be considered. No weight is given to the number of times a person is nominated.
- To ensure that Award recipients represent the diversity of our membership, consideration may be given to factors such as age, geographic location (remote, regional, and city), and the nature of their contributions (voluntary or paid) in supporting women in emergency management and disaster resilience across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific.
- The nominations will be judged by a Selection Panel chosen by the AWE Committee.
- The Selection Panel will review all eligible nominations and confer Winners and Highly Commended Recognition Awards in categories determined by the content or nature of the winning nominations.
- In the event of a dispute, the decision of the Selection Panel will be final. Any offline materials submitted as part of your entry will not be returned. No feedback will be provided by the Selection Panel.
- Nominations must be submitted through the linked form by the entry deadline. Entries submitted after this deadline can be entered the following year.
AWE Ally Award Criteria
In order to be eligible for an AWE Ally Award, nominees must:
- Be nominated by a colleague who self-identifies as female (no self-nominations or nominations from male allies).
- Be working or volunteering in the emergency management and disaster resilience sector.
- Have a proven record of working to advance gender equity and inclusion in the workplace.
- Be a current or past supporter of AWE.
- Embody the AWE Values.