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Women, Power and Politics: What Difference Do Women Make?

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The International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.), a nonprofit and nonpartisan social change museum dedicated to valuing the lives of women worldwide, unveils a fresh look for its newly completed Women, Power and Politics global online exhibition accessible at www.imow.org/wpp in four languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish. The exhibition now serves as one of the most comprehensive online sources of women's political participation worldwide.

The Women, Power and Politics global online exhibition has been building since International Women's Day, March 8, 2008. Through essays, interviews, movie clips, music, podcasts, as well as artwork, photography, political cartoons, posters and more, the exhibition connects visitors to more than 200 stories of remarkable women from more than 75 countries claiming and exercising their power to transform their communities and the world.

In 2008, Women, Power and Politics and the International Museum of Women have received hundreds of thousands of visitors from more than 200 countries, including many of the 7,400 participants of I.M.O.W.'s online Community, where the conversations continue to thrive in the online Forum at www.imow.org/community.

The exhibition unveils a new look in January 2009 providing easy access to the wide breadth of content in Women, Power and Politics. Refined user-interface advancements include a new exhibition home page, a video overview of the exhibition, a dynamic navigational tag cloud, plus a how-to Toolkit chock-full of resources and links to 145 Take Actions to inspire visitors to take meaningful action in their own communities.

Curated by Dr. Masum Momaya, popular Women, Power and Politics exhibition stories within topics such as Power, Appearance, and the Environment as well as Religion, Democracy, and Elections, include:

The Ticket that Might Have Been “Long before Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Shirley Chisholm made a brave, albeit unsuccessful, bid for the U.S. presidency. As an African American woman running in the 1970s, she knew that she would lose; nevertheless she remained "unbought and unbossed." www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=111

Fashion Is Political “ U.S. fashion editor Robin Givhan explains that politicians” both male and female”craft what they wear as carefully as what they say. www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=933

Two Million Women Leaders and Counting “Since 1993, an astonishing two million rural
women in India have become leaders in their village councils, or panchayats. By law, one third of these seats are reserved for women. www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=100

Body as Art “Kenyan-German artist Ingrid Mwangi uses her body to interrogate social and political conventions. www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=1107

Cicciolina's Sexual Politics “Can sex and politics mix? Yes, said voters emphatically in Rome, Italy, when they elected porn star Cicciolina as their representative in parliament.

Singing for Change “What is the best way to garner support for a woman's cause? Twenty Algerian women created a music video to help end Algeria's repressive Family Code. www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyid=1205

The Curse of Nakedness “A woman's body can be a powerful weapon. By threatening to strip naked in public, Nigerian women shamed one of the world's largest oil companies into listening to their demands for justice. www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=1098

A Curtain Between Worlds “The meaning of the hijab, or veil, is debated around the world. Lebanese-born artist Georgina Choueiri explores the issue from the inside out and the outside in.
Bravest Woman in Afghanistan “Malalai Joya drew a capacity crowd at the I.M.O.W. Speaker Series program in August 2008. Hear the controversial Afghan parliamentarian speak about women's human rights and democracy in her war-torn country.
www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyid=1410

About the International Museum of Women:
The International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.) is a groundbreaking social change museum that inspires global action, connects people across borders and transforms hearts and minds. The mission of I.M.O.W is to value the lives of women around the world. I.M.O.W. exhibitions, education and events programming are offered globally and locally in the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn more at www.imow.org ... more

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