Tag: creative workforce

That’s Not My Name

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date February 12, 2026

Arts networks consistently fail to reach CALD and trade-skilled women because many do not identify as “artists.” When culture is treated as identity rather than labour, the most authentic cultural workers are structurally excluded.

Tags arts networks, CALD women, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, cultural exclusion, Cultural Labour, cultural policy, cultural work, First Nations Women, inclusion failure, trade skills, Workforce Reform

Building the World That Actually Works

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date February 6, 2026

What does real prevention look like when systems are designed to support women’s agency, authorship, and economic independence from the start? This piece explores global thinking on care and prevention through a practical systems lens — and how building the right infrastructure creates healthier outcomes for everyone.

Tags Authorship, capacity building, Care Economy, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, Cultural Labour, economic independence, intergenerational wellbeing, living heritage, preventative infrastructure, prevention, public health, social infrastructure, sustainable systems, systems thinking, women’s agency, Workforce Design

Authorship has always been more than a name on a page

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date January 23, 2026

Women perform the majority of unpaid labour and creative production, yet authorship and economic recognition remain structurally denied. This article examines how unpaid care, creative work, and enterprise are extracted without return — and why the issue is one of system design, not culture.

Tags Authorship, Care Economy, Commonwealth Policy, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, Economic Attribution, Unpaid Labour, Women And Work, Workforce Design

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Counting Cultural Contribution

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date January 15, 2026

Australia’s creative economy is already carrying significant economic weight, but much of that value remains unmeasured and unprotected. Without recognising domestic and care load, creative labour—particularly women’s—continues to subsidise the economy invisibly, resulting in systemic loss rather than shared wealth.

Tags Common Wealth, creative workforce, Creativity Index, Cultural Economy, Domestic and Care Load, gender economics, provenance, Unpaid Labour, Women’s Economic Participation, Workforce Policy

Across the Commonwealth

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date January 13, 2026

Australia’s cultural labour has long powered industry, health, and community life—yet without provenance, its value leaks away. This article explores why recognising cultural contribution as trained labour, protected through provenance, is essential to building a resilient national economy.

Tags Common Wealth, Creative Economy, creative workforce, Cultural Infrastructure, Culture & Provenance, Manufacturing Capability, Public Interest Infrastructure, Regional Development, Sovereign Value, women’s labour

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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

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