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

Our new IAWM statues, approved in 2025 in Merano are available to read here. 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

Visiting the ‘Comfort Women’ museum in Seoul

After having gained a very good first insight into the issue of Japan's military sexual slavery system in the woman's museum in Tokyo, I visited two more of the so called ‘comfort-women’s’- museums. I went to South Korea and to Taiwan. The women of these countries...

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News from Mexico City’s Women’s Museum

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Women’s Museum Meran re-opened!

After three months of closure, the Women's Museum in Meran opened its doors again this week. It was a great pleasure for the museum team to welcome the first visitors and to present the news. The new permanent exhibition At the beginning of the year the time had come...

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