Members
Members
AWE has more than 2000 members from across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
Our members come from a wide range of sectors and organisations including:
- Emergency services organisations
- Community and not for profit organisations
- Local, state and federal government departments and agencies
- Universities
- Schools
- Private businesses and organisations
- Volunteering organisations
- Community members with lived experience
AWE welcomes people who are non-binary or gender diverse, as well as men and other allies of women.
Our members play a range of roles in emergency management and disaster resilience, from frontline emergency responders to policy advisors, from technical experts to researchers, from CEOs and those just starting their careers, and many more.
Members have access to a range of benefits including:
- Local Chapters including states and territories in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Chapter with local events, networking opportunities and more
- Monthly newsletters
- Events and networking opportunities
- Mentoring program
- Professional development opportunities
- Scholarships
- Australasian Women in Emergencies Day
- AWE Recognition Awards
- Access to news, job opportunities, sector updates
AWE acknowledges, values, and celebrates the rich diversity and intersectionality of our members, workplaces and communities. We are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable, respectful, and safe network, where people of all identities, cultures, backgrounds, abilities and experiences feel they belong and are empowered and able to strive and thrive.
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AWE Life Members
Honorary Life Members are those who have been a member of the AWE for at least five consecutive years and have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to have contributed at a significant level to AWE.
The AWE Committee bestows honorary Life Membership to AWE members. These are announced at the AWE AGM.
With a background in public policy and law, Amanda’s career in emergency management and disaster resilience has included work with Australian Red Cross, local councils, the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, RMIT and Zoos Victoria. Amanda is also a Climate Reality Leader and runs her own emergency management and disaster resilience consultancy. Amanda’s consulting services to support nature-based programs to build resilience in people and nature has included the development of a new toolkit aims to inspire and guide communities and organisations to include nature-led community resilience practices in both disaster recovery and planning for future disasters.
Amanda Lamont is a Co-founder of AWE, was AWE Vice President for five years and leads the Women in Emergencies Climate group. Amanda was recently appointed to the AWE Advisory Group.
Amanda’s vision, skills, and dedication have been invaluable to the establishment, growth and success of AWE. Amanda efforts have connected countless AWE members and have significantly raised AWE’s profile.
Amanda has championed AWE in numerous meetings, forums and conferences. She has also organised many networking, professional development and other events, supported AWE’s Chapters across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, established the popular Women in Emergencies for Climate Action group, and has provided significant support to other Committee and Subcommittee members.
Amanda has been appointed to the AWE Advisory Group (and continues to lead the Women in Emergencies for Climate Action group) to play an ongoing role in AWE.
Ruth Wraith, now retired, was a pioneer in understanding the mental health impacts of emergencies and disasters on children and families and had an illustrious career in Victoria, across Australia and internationally.
During her many years at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Ruth specialised in the treatment of children and families who had experienced emergencies and disasters. These included the Ash Wednesday bushfires, the Queen St massacre, the Manresa Kindergarten siege, the Port Arthur massacre, the Coode Island industrial fire, the Black Saturday bushfires as well as many other fires, floods, droughts, accidents and incidents. Click here and here for more details.
In the 1980s Ruth established a network for women working in emergencies and disasters, and in 1996 authored Women in disaster management: Where are they? in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management.
Ruth undertook extensive pioneering work with governments to improve responses to trauma in the aftermath of catastrophic disasters or violent events. Much of this work proved influential in establishing models for community recovery that are now established practice, and Ruth is considered one of Australia’s leading disaster mental health experts. In 2012 Ruth Wraith was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to community health, particularly the treatment of children recovering from trauma.
Ruth Wraith was one of AWE’s first ever members and has been an ally, friend and champion of AWE since. Ruth is a member of the AWE Advisory Group and is the AWE Awards advisor and presenter. Ruth has been an advocate for women in the sector since the 1980s, and her expertise and experience have directly informed AWE’s success.