Emily Ragus, Gender Equity and Disasters

Emily Ragus is an Emergency Nurse who worked at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital for 15 years and with LifeFlight Australia as a Retrieval Nurse before moving to New York City to study a Diploma of International Humanitarian Assistance at Fordham University. Emily is currently deployed to South East Asia as a Health Delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross. Last year she was awarded the prestigious Sir John Monash Scholarship to study gender-based violence during humanitarian disasters.