About Us

IAWM is a strong network of museums worldwide, meeting every four years to exchange ideas, connect with one another, and support our collective efforts to tell women’s stories. Working collaboratively, IAWM has six key goals.

Our Goals

  • To promote culture, arts, education and training from a gender perspective;
  • To foster exchange, networking, mutual support and global cooperation among Women’s Museums;
  • To conduct research and the development of projects, exhibitions, new initiatives, community activities, seminars and conferences;
  • To promote and strengthen the acceptance of Women’s and Gender Museums worldwide;
  • To achieve international recognition in the world of museums; and
  • To advocate for women’s rights and a gender democratic society.

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Statutes

Read our current IAWM statutes here, approved in 2021. If you are a current member, please refer to these if you have any questions about our organisation. If you or your museum are interested in joining, please read these to understand what we are about.

Statement Against Violence Against Women

IAWM stands against violence against women. Read our statement here.

Support Our Work

IAWM is funded by membership dues and donations from supporters like you. Please consider making a gift in support of our goals by clicking the button below.

Latest News

IAWM exhibition at the European Parliament on 8th March 2017

  On Intertnational Women's Day 2017 an IAWM exhibition will be on display in the European Parliament in Brussels. Through images of objects coming from no less than 12 member museums the exhibition illustrates women's economic empowerment in different parts of...

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Women’s Museums and Human Rights

In the ICOM 2016 General Conference on Museums and Cultural Landscapes IAWM got the chance to present the network of women's museums, its achievements and goals to an international audience. One of the central points in the meeting was the relation of museums and...

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Mission Possible: News from Global Fund for Women

  Every year our member Global Fund for Women is supporting groups and different people and is mobilizing resources for gender equality. After 2016 they say: Gender equality? Mission Possible! See here their annual report

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