IAWM

“There has to be a women’s museum in every country of this world.”

Shirin Ebadi

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (2003) and official godmother of IAWM

Welcome to the International Association of Women’s Museums (IAWM). We are thrilled to share with you our organization and members, which seek to provide women’s museums – and those who work with them – a place to share and collaborate. Learn about our history, our goals, and our members.

Are you a women’s museum or just want to know more?

IAWM Statement on Oppression in Iran

IAWM’s stands with our members on the incarceration of Nasrin Sotoudeh and others fighting oppression in Iran. Read the full statement here.

IAWM Statement Against Violence Against Women

The IAWM stands strong against violence against women. Read our statement in honour of 25 November here.

 

Latest News

Film about Margaret Cousins of Ireland and India

Mná100 in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Embassy India, to create a short film on the life of Roscommon woman Margaret Cousins. Cousins worked for suffrage, the rights of women, and gender equality both in Ireland and in India. This film...

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March activities of Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Austria

WEDNESDAY, 08 MARCH 2023, 7.00 PM READING ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY Mieze Medusa: "What is said about women". In her novel, Mieze Medusa presents a blazing plea for women to be, become and want everything. We are pleased to have the author, rapper and spoken word...

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Welcome to our new member: Women’s Art Museum of Canada (WAM)

The Women’s Art Museum of Canada (WAM) began in 2006 as an initiative to create a national museum. Its goals were to represent Canadian women’s visual artists and promote historical as well as contemporary achievements of these artists. A small museum space was opened...

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