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

Subjectivities, collective body and feminist activism

Within the workshop "Critical Perspectives on Citizenship, Gender, Human Rights and Sustainable Development", the Museo de la Mujer Mexico invites you to this month's session with the theme Subjectivities, Collective Body and Feminist Activism. It will take place on...

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Gender Museum Ukraine presents: HerStory of the War

In the project "HerStory of the War" women tell their personal stories about the the Russian-Ukrainian war in Ukraine. They share their thoughts, feelings, experiences, losses and tell about their life destroyed by the war. The aim of the project is to create an...

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