Tears, trauma and unpaid work: why men in tinnies aren’t the only heroes during a flood disaster

By Rebecca McNaught, Research Fellow, Rural and Remote Health, University of Sydney
Jo Longman, Senior Research Fellow, The University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney

When flooding strikes, our screens fill with scenes of devastated victims, and men performing heroic dinghy rescues in swollen rivers. But another story often goes untold: how women step in, and step up, to hold their stricken communities together.

Unprecedented floods in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales in 2022 are a case in point. Our…

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