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

IWD 2023 at Norwegian Women’s Museum

This year we can finally pick up our tradition with organising a series of  Women’s Days in our home town Kongsvinger again. We will warm up to March 8th with events on different locations around the town: There will be a “Women’s Quiz” on a local pub, and a lecture...

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Film about Margaret Cousins of Ireland and India

Mná100 in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs Irish Embassy India, to create a short film on the life of Roscommon woman Margaret Cousins. Cousins worked for suffrage, the rights of women, and gender equality both in Ireland and in India. This film...

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