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

Women‘s Museums at Home: Women‘s Museum of Mexico City

In times when many museums worldwide are forced to keep their doors shut, we invite you to engage with exhibitions and collections of women’s museums virtually. Every day we will share with you an online exhibition or virtual view into one of our member museums...

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Women‘s Museums at Home: Disobedient Women

In times when many museums worldwide are forced to keep their doors shut, we invite you to engage with exhibitions and collections of women’s museums virtually. Every day we will share with you an online exhibition or virtual view into one of our member museums...

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Women’s Museums at Home: Museo de las Mujeres de Costa Rica

In times when many museums worldwide are forced to keep their doors shut, we invite you to engage with exhibitions and collections of women's museums virtually. Every day we will share with you an online exhibition or virtual view into one of our member museums...

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Summer School: Transcultural Gender and Diversity Studies

We would like to share with you the call for a summer school scheduled to be held in Beirut next summer. IAWM member Maissan Hassan from the Women and Memory Forum  will be teaching during the second week of this school along with a colleague. Full and partial...

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