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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Statement Against Violence Against Women

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Latest News

Exhibition opening in Berlin: SKIN – Membrane, Organ, Archive

Tomorrow the women's museum Berlin opens the exhibition "Skin - Membrane, Organ, Archive". SKIN – Membrane, Organ, Archive presents works by women* artists based in Berlin who explore the thematic complexity of skin. This makes the interweaving of e.g. sexism, racism,...

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Call for Manuscript Proposals

Dialogues in Social Justice: An Adult Education Journal Special Issue: Feminist Adult Education and the Imagination in Universities, Communities, Museums, Libraries & Heritage Sites Editors: Darlene E. Clover, Kerry Harman, Claudia Diaz-Diaz, and Gaby Franger...

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