IAWM - International Association of Women's Museums
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?

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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.

 

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Latest News

Bringing “Herstory of the War” from Ukraine to Slovenia

Oct 28, 2022

Last week, Tatiana Isaieva from the Gender Museum was a guest at the Museum of Recent History Celje. At the event in the museum she presented the work of the Centre for Gender Culture and the story of the creation of the Museum of Women's and Gender History. During...

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Conference: Abortion rights – let’s talk about it

Oct 21, 2022

Although abortion is legal in Italy, low-threshold access to safe interventions is often impeded. The conference aims to be an opportunity for exchange and discussion on how to elevate abortion to be a universal human right. After the contributions of various experts...

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A wonderful film about the women’s museums in Fürth

Oct 21, 2022

“Fürth without Women’s Museum? Unthinkable!”: Whether in English, German or Spanish – colorful posters are drawing attention everywhere in Fürth. Many pedestrians may learn for the first time that there is a women’s museum in their city – and that it has to close...

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Be(com)ing a Woman

Sep 16, 2022

In march 2022 the Museum of Recent History Celje in Slovenia opened the exhibition named Be(com)ing a Woman. The exhibition made as a part of a program Women's TraCEs was the first exhibition on women in the museum and it was on view until the end of August. The...

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