27/05/2026
Sound On
Friday’s LEAN & LEAG conversation with 5AA highlighted serious concerns many lived experience women have repeatedly raised regarding unsupported and unpaid trauma disclosure processes facilitated through Embolden.
Multiple emails and requests for change have already been made, as women within the community continue voicing their unwillingness to participate in surveys or even join the Embolden-led research group, due to concerns around safety, retraumatisation and lack of appropriate therapeudic support.
People are feeling unheard, disrespected and emotionally exhausted, with feelings of government gaslighting and coercion common within conversation.
Lived experience is expertise. It is not free labour.