Embedding Equity and Lived Experience in Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery isn’t just about rebuilding infrastructure — it’s about restoring lives, trust, and inclusion. On 24 October, AIDR will host a crucial webinar focused on Embedding Equity and Lived Experience in Disaster Recovery, spotlighting how recovery is strongest when communities lead, voices are centred, and diversity is acknowledged in every decision.

This session speaks directly to community engagement professionals who operate at the intersection of people, policy and place. Whether you’re working in local government, consulting or within non-profits, you’ll gain frameworks and insights to bring equity into your own recovery projects and engagement practices.

Why You Should Tune In

• Elevate community voice: Learn strategies for genuinely involving lived experience in recovery design, not as token input but as core drivers of decisions.

• Bridge equity and resilience: Understand how systemic inequities can deepen post-disaster vulnerability — and how engagement practice can help level the field.

• Practical tools and case examples: The webinar promises grounded guidance—not theory alone—on embedding equity in disaster recovery across contexts.

• Cross-sector relevance: Insights will be relevant to engagement, planning, social, policy and infrastructure work in disaster-impacted settings.

We see this as a timely opportunity — as climate shocks intensify, recovery must centre inclusion, voice and trust. For engagement professionals, it’s a chance to learn, reflect, and ask: is our practice doing justice to the people we aim to serve?

Date: 24 October 2025
Hosted by: Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR)

👉 Register and learn more via AIDR here.