Who are you looking up to?

Who are you looking up to?

      inVISIBLEwomen is a catalyst for gender equality in civic statues in the UK.   Between 22-26th February inVISIBLEwomen will take part in the Audacious Women Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, a festival with the aim to empower and encourage women to overcome...

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Exhibition opening at Frauenmuseum Berlin, Germany

Exhibition opening at Frauenmuseum Berlin, Germany

"Stadt Land Fluss" (City Land River) is the title of the exhibition that will be opened by Frauenmuseum Berlin on 18th February. Nine artists of the Frauenmuseum Berlin will exhibit their works from 18th February until 25th March 2018.

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Is it possible for a man to be a feminist?

Is it possible for a man to be a feminist?

The Antalya Women Museum’s “Woman of the Year Award” for 2017 was given to Şahika Ercümen with a ceremony on Feb. 1. The Antalya Women Museum’s “Woman of the Year Award” for 2017 was given to Şahika Ercümen with a ceremony on Feb. 1. The award from the “virtual...

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Welcome to our network: Women of Kazachstan!

Welcome to our network: Women of Kazachstan!

We are happy to welcome a new member in IAWM: The initiative 'Women for Kazachstan'! The non-governmental-organization will open the first Women's Museum in Kazachstan. Even though they do not yet have a physical space, the initaitive is already very active: many...

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Exhibition opening at the Frauenmuseum Bonn, Germany

Exhibition opening at the Frauenmuseum Bonn, Germany

Female friends in history and in contemporary art 18.2.-16.9.2018 In the 18th century, friendship cult developed and women played a significant part in this process. Friendship became a female stage, both in direct and indirect exchange through letters. Literary...

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We welcome our new member: ‚Pop-up’ museum in Ireland

‚Pop-up’ museum – 100 Years of Women in Politics and Public Life in Ireland Ireland’s touring ‘pop-up’ Women’s Museum which has traveled all over the country, is believed to be the first of its kind in the world. It chronicles the history of Ireland over one hundred...

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One step closer to a women’s museum in Switzerland

On 14th of June 2019 thousands of women and men in Switzerland went on strike in order to protest for women’s rights. The first women’s strike in Switzerland took place in 1991. Since then many things have changed – but many things also remained problematic, like...

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Looking at the Museum From a Feminist Perspective

On 24th May 2019 Gül Aydin, student of museology and individual member of IAWM, was invited to the Women's Museum Izmir in Turkey to deliver a talk with the title "Looking at the Museum From a Feminist Perspective". In her speech she started off talking about women's...

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