Women’s Museum Hittisau, Austria has been transferred from municipality to supporting association
We congratulate the women's museum Hittisau to the successful transfer from the municipality to a supporting association. Now the museum is ready for a more independent future. After a positive development the museum has become a well-known cultural institution also...
IAWM exhibition at the European Parliament on 8th March 2017
On Intertnational Women's Day 2017 an IAWM exhibition will be on display in the European Parliament in Brussels. Through images of objects coming from no less than 12 member museums the exhibition illustrates women's economic empowerment in different parts of...
Women’s Museums and Human Rights
In the ICOM 2016 General Conference on Museums and Cultural Landscapes IAWM got the chance to present the network of women's museums, its achievements and goals to an international audience. One of the central points in the meeting was the relation of museums and...
Virtual Women’s Museum Antalya, Turkey awards “Woman of the year” prize
The presentation of the "Antalya Woman of the Year" award took place on the first of February at the Akra Hotel in Antalya. This year's presentation of the Prof. Dr. Jale Inan Award was expected with great interest and there were also many representatives of...
Mission Possible: News from Global Fund for Women
Every year our member Global Fund for Women is supporting groups and different people and is mobilizing resources for gender equality. After 2016 they say: Gender equality? Mission Possible! See here their annual report
Exhibition opening at the Women’s Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
On 29th January at 12 p.m. the Women's Museum Wiesbaden, Germany is opening the new exhibition of Justine Otto. The artist creates wonderfully surreal and strangely appearing visual imagery and triggers reflections about the big questions of human existence. WM...