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

Women‘s Museums at Home: Disobedient Women

In times when many museums worldwide are forced to keep their doors shut, we invite you to engage with exhibitions and collections of women’s museums virtually. Every day we will share with you an online exhibition or virtual view into one of our member museums...

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Women’s Museums at Home: Museo de las Mujeres de Costa Rica

In times when many museums worldwide are forced to keep their doors shut, we invite you to engage with exhibitions and collections of women's museums virtually. Every day we will share with you an online exhibition or virtual view into one of our member museums...

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Summer School: Transcultural Gender and Diversity Studies

We would like to share with you the call for a summer school scheduled to be held in Beirut next summer. IAWM member Maissan Hassan from the Women and Memory Forum  will be teaching during the second week of this school along with a colleague. Full and partial...

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News from the Women’s Museum in Mexico City

FEMU Bulletin March 2020 FEMU AT THE RECTOR DECLARATORY, DR. GRAUE ON THE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES THAT WILL BE MADE IN OUR UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO FACE GENDER VIOLENCE On February 28, the Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, (UNAM), accompanied by...

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