IAWM - International Association of Women's Museums

21/05/2026

We are proud to announce the launch of the new website of the International Association of Women’s Museums (IAWM): https://www.iawm.international/
Women’s and gender museums around the world preserve feminist histories, create visibility, strengthen archives, and connect movements for equality and social justice across borders.
Designed by Katharina Rohner (Women’s Museum Hittisau), the new platform offers fresh spaces for international exchange, networking, collaboration, and collective feminist futures — including a new Members Only area for our global community.
Explore the new website and connect with the international network of women’s and gender museums.

20/03/2026

A couple of weeks ago, Ellinor Maurstad and Mona Holm from Kvinnemuseet in Norway visited their sister museum Kvinnohistoriskt museum in Umeå, Sweden. Both museums are members of the IAWM network.

They got to take part in the opening of the new exhibition “Captured”, about women who were photographed by the police in Sweden in the 1800s and early 1900s. Currently, the museum also shows the exhibition “The Goddess Returns” on ecofeminism and art.

In addition to visiting the exhibitions, colleagues from the two museums were able to share experiences and discuss future collaborations.

We warmly recommend visiting both museums!

15/03/2026

🌍 Join our parallel virtual event within the framework of CSW 70 – United Nations.

How do Women’s Museums promote access to justice for women and girls?

This international conversation will bring together women's museums and experts from different regions to share experiences, perspectives, and initiatives that strengthen access to justice for women and girls worldwide.

📅 Tuesday, March 17, 2026

🕒 10:30 am CST – Mexico City
🕒 12:30 pm ET – New York
🕒 17:30 CET – Europe

Participating Women's Museums from:
Ciudad Juárez • Querétaro • Cancún • Germany • Vietnam • Albania • Italy • Iran, among others.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87083453708?pwd=aghrIaTKjAS4qZgCLb9BHWQNB1pIrZ.1

ID de reunión: 870 8345 3708
Código de acceso: 208091

11/03/2026

Veränderung beginnt mit Erzählen, Zuhören und Verstehen. Wenn Frauen ihre Geburtsgeschichten teilen, entstehen neue Ideen, Projekte und eine stärkere Stimme für Frauen!

Genau darum geht es bei der Erzählcafé-Aktion: Räume zu schaffen, in denen Erfahrungen gehört werden, Mut wächst und Gemeinschaft entsteht. Aus persönlichen Geschichten werden Impulse für Veränderung. In den kommenden Monaten warten noch viele spannende Projekte, Begegnungen und neue Erzählcafés!

08/03/2026

05/03/2026

We are deeply saddened to share the news that our colleague Dr. Martha Ortiz Sotres, member of the IAWM Board, has passed away.

Martha was a Mexican visual artist and a graduate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with an established national and international career. Her work is part of the artistic heritage of institutions and museums across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, including the National Museum of China. She represented Mexico in biennials and cultural forums in countries such as China, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Monaco, and created murals in several Latin American countries. Among her recognitions were the UNAM University Merit Award, First Place in the International “Sport and Olympism” Competition (London 2012), and the Italy Prize for Art in Florence. Additionally, one of her works was acquired by Prince Albert II of Monaco.

We are grateful for her engagement, her ideas, and the inspiration she brought to our network. She will be greatly missed.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time.

12/02/2026

Feminists and civil society activists from across the world have endorsed and signed a call initiated by 1,000 Iranian feminists, urging feminist solidarity with the people of Iran against tyranny.

These signatures have been collected amid continuing reports from inside Iran indicating that, alongside a nationwide internet shutdown and severe restrictions on communications, the violent suppression of protests and mass arrests are ongoing.

The signatories warn that the voices of the protesting people inside Iran are being silenced, and they stress that it is vital to reflect the diversity and multiplicity of voices within Iranian society, especially women and marginalised groups.

The Iranian feminists state:

As part of Iran’s civil society, we envision a future that is free, inclusive, prosperous, democratic, secular, and committed to justice, human rights, and gender equality. We hope for a space where all Iranians can freely express their demands and aspirations for the future of their country, and where a peaceful and democratic transition away from the repressive rule of the Islamic Republic can finally take place.

Media outlets are invited to cover this development. The full text of the statement and the list of signatories are available in the attachment to this email and also at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SIiPxmwFWa4n5_-27SqTNr3QOR3-WEzI1on7U9GYDI8/viewform?edit_requested=true

04/02/2026

Etwa 70 Gäste und eine tolle Stimmung - die Vernissage zur Ausstellung “Gesonderte Momente - Café Dialoge” im Museum Frauenkultur Regional - International” war ein voller Erfolg.

Auf dem Bild begrüßen Susanne Auer - Vorstandsfrau von Frauen in der Einen Welt e.V. - und Elisabeth Bala - Kuratorin und ausstellende Künstlerin - die Gäste.

Die Ausstellung läuft bis 31. Mai 2026 in der Hirschenstr. 16 in Fürth.
Öffnungszeiten:
Do, Fr 14-17
Sa 11-17
So 13-17

Ein echter und ein besonderer Ort unter den

Ausstellungsprogramm auf der Webseite, Link in der Bio

Wir freuen uns auf euch!

29/01/2026

We are sharing this statement, signed by more than 500 Iranian feminists, in response to the ongoing violent repression of protesters in Iran, including the use of lethal force, mass arrests, and killings. As feminists, we believe in the power of transnational solidarity, particularly as people in Iran are being killed and violently repressed for resisting economic collapse, hunger, and systemic injustice, and for demanding freedom, dignity, and systemic change.

We call on feminist groups and allies to take concrete action by writing to UN Special Rapporteur Mai Sato, contacting your country’s foreign office, and speaking out in local and international media. Your voices can help amplify the demands of activists, protesters, and communities enduring state violence in Iran.

‎‎We, a group of Iranian feminists, at a time when the Islamic Republic has cut off the internet and all channels of communication with the outside world while carrying out a brutal massacre of protesters, extend our hands to feminists around the world. We call on the global civil society and fe...

22/01/2026

The Istanbul Gender Museum was awarded the SES Women of the Year 2025 Award!