Category: Field Notes, Observations & Case Studies

Real-world insights — from fieldwork sketches to lived-experience research — documenting women’s knowledge, creativity, and contributions.

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

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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This Is Not a Workforce Gap — It’s an Abyss

A national data review shows that 76% of unpaid labour performed by women creates an unmeasured economic abyss rather than a workforce gap. The CWA argues that Australia’s largest structural deficit is invisible creative and care labour, and proposes a certified creative workforce to transform and formalise this missing sector

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Australia’s Creative Economy Is Running on Empty

Australia’s creative economy is being held back by the collapse of its textile manufacturing base. With less than 1% of apparel textiles milled onshore and no national provenance certification, Australia risks losing its cultural, economic, and creative sovereignty. A real creative economy requires structure, manufacturing, and protected provenance — not symbolic celebration days.

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The Sketchbook Was Her Microscope

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.

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It’s Wisdom

Stop calling women’s insight “lived experience” like it’s a diagnosis. It’s wisdom — hard-earned, essential, and ready to rewrite the system.

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Field Notes from the Frontlines

Women’s stories are more than anecdotes—they’re the frontline data society needs. Discover why lived experience is essential to shaping policy that works.