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1969 Was Supposed to Change Everything.

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date January 5, 2026

In 1969, Australia recognised equal pay for equal work. What never followed was the infrastructure to support women’s real working lives — particularly where creativity, care, and economic security intersect.

Tags 1969 Equal Pay Case, Creative Economy, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, Cultural Infrastructure, domestic care load, economic design, Superannuation Gap, Unpaid Labour, Women And Work, women’s work

Into 2026

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date December 22, 2025

From creative practice to Creative Authority: how the Creative Women’s Association moved from grassroots creativity to national workforce reform in just three months, reshaping how Australia recognises creative labour, women’s work, and economic value.

Tags Applied Creative Intelligence, Arts & Provenance, Certification, creative authority, Creative Health, Creative Trades, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, provenance, Social Prescribing, Soft Infrastructure, Soft Systems Design, Women’s Economic Participation, Women’s Health, Workforce Reform

Creative Health Isn’t a Side Project.

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date December 18, 2025

Creative health is not a small-grants sector — it is a missing economy. When women are supported to sustain caregiving and skilled creative labour through proper workforce infrastructure, billions in lost productivity and preventative health value can be unlocked.

Tags Arts Definition, Creative Economy, Creative Practice, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, Cultural Industries, Cultural Infrastructure, Cultural Labour, Economic Policy, Gender Equity, Practice vs Performance, provenance, Skill & Output, Skills & Certification, Textiles & Craft, Trades & Craft

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When Did Art Stop Being a Trade

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date December 17, 2025

What does “creative” actually mean — and when did art stop being a trade? This article explores how arts shifted from skilled, trade-based practices into performative spectacle, and how that transition reshaped value, labour, and women’s work in the creative economy.

Why We Built Trades for Boys

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date December 16, 2025

Australia has spent decades building trade pathways for boys while leaving women’s creative labour without workforce infrastructure. This article examines why the creative economy emerged from women’s historical trades — textiles, design, and cultural production — and how the failure to formalise these as certified professions has created systemic economic insecurity for women.

Tags Creative Economy, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, Cultural Industries, Economic Policy, Gender Equity, provenance, Skills & Certification, Textiles & Craft, Unpaid Labour, Women’s Trades, Workforce Infrastructure

Blogs Creative Health & Wellbeing Creative Spark Creative Survival Field Notes, Observations & Case Studies Health In Real Life | IRL. Innovation & Ideas Insight Intermission Play Popular Culture, Women & the Creative Economy Smart News Stories The Almanac The Architecture of Women's Health The Future of Women's Work: Creative, Economic & Cultural Power The Reading Shelf Wellness

If Life Were Golf, Women Would Be Starting Four Suburbs Back

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date December 2, 2025

A humorous, relatable exploration of the Domestic Load Handicap (DLH) — a new model that uses real-world data to measure the domestic and mental load carried by women. This piece reframes women’s overwhelm as a predictable structural outcome, not a personal weakness, highlighting how DLH can transform women’s health, economic security, and daily life.

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Toxic Beauty

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 12, 2025

A searing critique of Toxic Beauty—the modern phenomenon where empowerment, self-compassion, and body positivity are weaponised to justify extremes. This article explores the collapse of common sense in beauty culture, drawing on research from Psychology Today, Verywell Mind, and the International Journal of Indian Psychology.

Tags Body Positivity, Common Sense, Culture Critique, CWA Lens, Emotional Suppression, Extremism in Wellness, IJIP, Integrity, Kendra Cherry, mental health, Moderation, Psychology Today, Self-Compassion, Self-Discipline, toxic beauty, Toxic Positivity, Verywell Mind, Wellness Culture

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The Sketchbook Was Her Microscope

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 11, 2025

Long before women were allowed in labs, they sketched. Scientific illustration was their microscope — a way to document, analyse, and contribute to discovery. Now, we reclaim that resilience through line, pigment, and process.

Tags Art and Science, Botanical Illustration, Creative Women’s Association, CWA, Drawing as Data, Feminist Art History, Feminist Knowledge Systems, Field Sketching, Historical Women Artists, Maria Sibylla Merian, Process Over Perfection, Resilience in Creativity, Sand Drawing, Scientific Drawing, Scientific Illustration, Sketchbooks, Visual Literacy, Women in Science, Women's Contribution to Science

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The Secret Garden of Women Who Know

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 2, 2025
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“Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders”. – Henry Thoreau Every woman has it.A spark. An idea. A calling. A quiet ambition that doesn’t always have the space to grow. The truth is, we can have all the potential in the world — but without the right […]

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The Life I Deserve

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 2, 2025
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“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”. – Coco Chanel A quiet statement. A simple fact. Here’s the thing — being a woman? It’s not a disadvantage. It’s not a curse. It’s not something we need to apologise for. We’re built differently. Designed differently.We carry life. We build communities. We raise […]

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