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 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

Visiting the ‘comfort women’ museum in Taipei

Jun 25, 2020

Altogether there are 9 so called ‘comfort women’s - museums in the Asian-Pacific- area. One was founded in Japan, the country of the perpetrators; the others are located in countries attacked by the Japanese: in Korea, The Philippines, China and Taiwan. In the...

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Support and Sorority by The Museum of Women Chile

Jun 23, 2020

La versión en español sigue a continuación The International Association of Women‘s Museums supports the public release of the Women’s Museum Chile: The Museum of Women - Chile expresses its support and sorority with the "Las Tesis" Collective, which is being the...

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Visiting the ‘Comfort Women’ museum in Seoul

Jun 18, 2020

After having gained a very good first insight into the issue of Japan's military sexual slavery system in the woman's museum in Tokyo, I visited two more of the so called ‘comfort-women’s’- museums. I went to South Korea and to Taiwan. The women of these countries...

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News from Mexico City’s Women’s Museum

Jun 10, 2020

The Mexican Federation of University Women (FEMU) and Mexico City's Women's Museum (MMM) organized a cycle of Virtual Seminars to explain COVID-19 effects on society, specifically on girls and women. These seminars took place from 18th to 22nd May, and 5 specialist...

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