Research and experience show that multicultural communities are at greater risk of inequitable and disproportionate outcomes in emergencies and disasters. Multicultural community members and organisations are increasingly calling for inclusive approaches to better build and enable resilience.
This project aims to:
- Increase resilience and positive outcomes for multicultural communities in emergencies and disasters
- Increase inclusion and diversity in the emergency management sector
- Inform and guide the systemic, structural, policy and investment reform and changes needed to drive inclusion in emergency management
- Support the multicultural sector’s role in disaster resilience
- Strengthen partnerships between the emergency management and multicultural sectors.
This concept will provide:
- Clear evidence of the disproportionate outcomes for multicultural communities in emergencies and disasters in Australia and the reasons why
- Clear evidence of the strengths, priorities and needs of multicultural communities in emergencies and disasters
- Best practice approaches to inclusion before, during and after emergencies and disasters
- The policy, investment, systemic and structural changes needed to effect change
- A Framework and accompanying practical Toolkit to support the emergency management sector’s inclusion of multicultural communities across Australia.