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 2025 Conference & AGM

Join us in Merano, Italy for this years’ conference and AGM. Find out more on our conference website

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

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...

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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...

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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

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