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

WOW – Women of the World Festival

From 7th until 11th March the WOW-Women of the World Festival took place at the Southbank Centre in London. Since 2010 the festival is organized around International Women's Day in order to celebrate women and girls, their achievements, and to discuss the obstacles...

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Welcome to our new member: MIMA Museu Internacional da Mulher

MIMA was founded on March 8, 2016 and expects to grow into a physical museum focused on women of Portuguese speaking countries. The young association is striving for a better more equal world and is growing thanks to the voluntary work and effort of the associate...

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Teresa Sala at the festival domina domna in Italy

The young and independent producer Teresa Sala collaborated with IAWM and other Women's Museums in the EU project 'She Culture' and produced the short film 'Fe|Male Toys'. We are happy to let you know that this and other films by the talented producer will be shown at...

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Iranian Women’s Museum opened!

  The 9th of March 2018 the Iranian Women’s Movement Museum was inaugurated in exile with the exibition "From Evin, with Love". This important event took place in Humanity House in Den Haag, the Netherlands. Curator and founder of the Iranian Women’s Wovement Museum,...

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