Domestic violence will spike in the bushfire aftermath, and governments can no longer ignore it
- Written by Rowena Maguire, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology
Over the past two weeks, bushfires have raged across New South Wales and Queensland. While the narrative appears focused on potential causes and political point-scoring, what’s lost in this discussion is the role of post-disaster recovery, and specifically how it relates to gender.
Disasters have gendered impacts. Generally, disasters dispropo...