Tag: social infrastructure

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If Australia Had Protected Its Culture

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date February 10, 2026

If culture is work, where are Australia’s cultural sectors? While Japan and other nations define, protect, and measure cultural labour, Australia reduces culture to lifestyle shorthand — leaving skills, workers, and entire economies unsupported.

Tags Authorship, capacity building, Creative Women’s Association, intergenerational wellbeing, preventative infrastructure, prevention, public health, social infrastructure, sustainable systems, systems design for women

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Changing the Physics of the Economy

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date February 9, 2026

Women aren’t exhausted because they lack resilience. They’re exhausted because the systems they live and work inside were never designed to support care, recovery, or real life. If the economy runs on “psychics,” then it’s time to change the physics — starting with infrastructure that carries the load instead of crushing the people holding everything together.

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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