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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25th November at Women’s Museum Meran, Italy

Nov 20, 2023

Violence against women happens in the here and now, here in South Tyrol, Italy, everywhere. Violence against women affects us all, because it is a structural problem that affects society as a whole. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against...

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Letter from Qarchak Prison from Nasrin Sotudeh

Nov 20, 2023

Earlier this month, IAWM made a statement about Nasrin Sotudeh and the oppression of women in Iran. Here you can read that full statement. To follow up on this situation, we wanted to publish Nasrin’s first letter after her arrest at the funeral of Armita Geravand...

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Statement on Oppression in Iran

Nov 13, 2023

IAWM’s statement on the incarceration of Nasrin Sotoudeh and others fighting oppression in Iran: The women and girls of Iran who are fighting against forced hijab are in danger of arrest, imprisonment violence and death. In September 2022, Mahsa Amini (22) died in...

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