The IIAV is both a repository for historical material and a dynamic, activist organization working to ensure that answers to questions about women’s history and the position of women in society are available and accessible. Our mission is to increase the availability of information and knowledge about women and to promote research about women’s history, lives and experiences.

The IIAV aims to be especially responsive to the needs of academic researchers, school teachers, the women’s movement and women’s organizations (particularly in the Netherlands), women’s information facilities (particularly internationally), and black, migrant and refugee women.

We do more than provide answers. We also listen carefully to today’s questions so that we can anticipate the information needs of the future. A historical preservation organization must have a vision that is guided by what its users need to know. The IIAV aspires to be both a source of information as well as an active partner with other organizations in initiating and carrying out projects that advance the cause of women’s emancipation worldwide.

The IIAV’s library and archives are housed in a lovely former church, the Gerardus Majella Church, and are open to the public. Collections stored in special climate-controlled rooms can be used by appointment. We are committed to digitalizing information, and our information is increasingly available in databases which users can consult online.

For questions or more information please contact: info@iiav.nl
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