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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Statement of support for Ayse Gul altinay from IAWM

Jun 1, 2019

Ayse Gül Altinay, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Center at Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, was one of the cooperation partners of Women's Museum Istanbul to organise the the first Asian and European conference of...

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Female scientists at the Frauenmuseum Hittisau, Austria

May 22, 2019

Conversation with astrophysicist Konstanze Zwintz, the philosopher Marie-Luisa Frick and the sociologist Kristina Stöckl Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 7 pm An event in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck On the occasion of its 350th anniversary the University of...

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