MUSEUM International N°236

Gender Perspectives on
Cultural Heritage and Museums

Editorial

CHAP 1: Women’s cultural participation and rights

• Cultures, Conventions, and the Human Rights of Women: Examining the Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the Declaration on Cultural Diversity Valentine Moghadam and Manilee Bagheritari
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The International Museum of Women Karen Offen and Elizabeth L. Colton
• The Role of Moroccan Women in Preserving Amazigh Languages and Culture Fatima Sadiqi

CHAP 2: Women’s approaches to cultural heritage and museums

• ‘Thanks, But We’ll Take It From Here’: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women Influencing the Collection of Tangible and Intangible Heritage Olivia Robinson and Trish Barnard
• My journey on the path of tangible and intangible heritage preservation Hongnam Kim
• Museums, Women and Empowerment in the MENA Countries Carol Malt

CHAP 3: Museums for and about women

• Why Create a Museum on Women? Graciela Tejero Coni
• The Vietnam Women’s Museum: the Promotion of Women’s Rights to Gender Equality and Gender Issues Nguyen Thi Tuyet
• ‘Imagining Ourselves’: Cultural Activism for Women through Technology and New Media Paula Goldman