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

IWD at the Women’s Museum of Costa Rica

The Women’s Museum of Costa Rica is opening the exhibition "Women transforming spaces" by Vanessa Huertas Miranda. "Being a woman is fighting from birth, fighting for space and living in. Waking up and opening paths that seem to be closed with warnings, involves...

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IWD at the Women’s Museum Norway

What’s happening on and around the International Women’s Day in Kongsvinger 2018? The Norwegian Women’s Museum, Kvinnemuseet, is an active part in the IWD committee in our town, Kongsvinger. This is the third year we are inviting several other organizations to join...

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IWD in the Association Women and Gender Museum Switzerland

Tonight the association women and gender museum Switzerland invites to a talk with the title 'Significant Swiss Women - how to honour them? From the classical museum to the Virtual Reality'. The exhibition curator Beat Gugger will address the following questions: How...

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Exhibition opening by Iranian Women’s Movement in The Hague

In light of International Women's day, the opening of the exhibition "From Evin,With Love" presents the handicrafts of Imprisoned Iranian women activists. The exhibition introduces the "Iranian Women's movement Museum", as a part of the "Iranian women movement oral...

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