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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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