Last Chance: Pick Your Favorite Image in Picturing Power & Potential! Save the Date for IMOW’s Next Speaker Series Event! Introducing our Newest Team Member Reflections on “Global Leaders for Social Justice” Join a Global Movement to Support Women Happenings Around the World

Last Chance: Pick Your Favorite Image in Picturing Power & Potential!

And Congrats to our Latest Community Choice Award Winner!

Part of Michelle McCarron’s series,
The Women of North Richmond

Many Congratulations to Michelle McCarron, our latest Community Choice Award Winner, chosen by you, the viewer! Michelle’s submission to Picturing Power & Potential: A Project of Economica, The Women of North Richmond, is a portrait series of women leaders and activists who live in the North Richmond community in California, USA, and who are resisting the expansion of an oil refinery into their community. Says one commenter, “Thank you for sharing your photographs and for giving North Richmond ‘human face’ and an inside look at what they are doing to overcome their forced environmental degradation.”

The Community Choice Awards are coming to a close, and now is your last chance to vote for your favorite image in Picturing Power & Potential! The submission with the most overall votes will be the Grand Prize Winner, who will receive a special women’s human rights gift bag! Visit Picturing Power & Potential today to help pick the Grand Prize Winner by recommending or leaving a comment for your favorite photographs! The winner will be announced in our next e-newsletter. Learn more about the Community Choice Awards>>

Picturing Power & Potential is a joint project from the International Museum of Women and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program.

Save the Date for IMOW’s Next Speaker Series Event!

Join Us on Oct. 28 to Hear From Ingrid Betancourt

Join IMOW on October 28 in San Francisco for our next Extraordinary Voices, Extraordinary Change Speaker Series event. Ingrid Betancourt, former Colombian Senator and presidential candidate, discusses her new book Even Silence Has an End; My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle.

Tickets are now available! Join us for the program and book signing presented in partnership with Book Passage. Learn more>>

Special thanks to Wells Fargo, the sponsors of our Speaker Series, and to Charles Schwab for hosting this event.

Purchase tickets now! >>

Ingrid Betancourt
Photo by Tess Steinkolt

Introducing our Newest Team Member

Welcome to Raeshma Razvi for Young Women Speak the Global Economy!

IMOW is delighted to welcome Raeshma Razvi as the lead project coordinator for our upcoming project, Young Women Speak the Global Economy. Raeshma is a filmmaker, writer and educator who has worked extensively with youth worldwide, helping them to tell their stories in many creative mediums. Raeshma has worked as the artistic director for the Documentary Project for Refugee Youth in New York, helping young refugees from West Africa and the Balkans create award-winning documentary films about their experiences; has facilitated conflict-transformation sessions with the organization Seeds of Peace; and is the founder of Silkworm Media, an organization dedicated to using the media and literary arts to bridge people and communities and inspire reflection and change.

Raeshma’s experience will be invaluable as IMOW embarks on our next Project of Economica, Young Women Speak the Global Economy. The global online exhibitionwill explore young women’s hopes, challenges and ideas at a critical moment for the global economy. Groups of women aged of 18-25 from Denmark, the Philippines, the United States and the Sudan will contribute to the exhibition, sharing perspectives on the economy, careers, well-being and professional life with each other and with the museum’s global online audience. The new exhibition will showcase art, dynamic online conversations, and multi-media, and will be featured online at IMOW.org, as well as at events in each partner country!

The museum’s partners for the Young Women Speaking the Economy exhibition will include Mills College for Women in Oakland, CA; the Ayala Museum and Miriam College for Women in the Philippines; the Women’s Museum and Aarhus University in Denmark; and the Sudanese Women’s Museum and Ahfad University for Women in the Sudan.

Reflections on “Global Leaders for Social Justice”

IMOW Executive Director Clare Winterton was thrilled to participate in last month’s “Global Leaders for Social Justice” program, run by the Global Women Leader’s Network. The week-long program brings together social justice leaders from around the world to expand their visions, leadership skills and capacity, as well as build community and momentum for social justice causes. This year’s participants included leaders working on issues from maternal health in Tanzania to women’s political participation Kenya and environmental justice in Pakistan. “I built incredible connections and insights that will enrich the museum’s exhibitions and programming, as well expanding my own perspective on possibilities for the museum” said Clare.

To learn more about the program, click here>>

Become a Member of IMOW to Amplify the Voices of Women Worldwide

Share your passion for social change and women’s rights by becoming a member of IMOW, making a donation, or giving the gift of membership to your family and friends.

Your support is especially important as we prepare our next project of Economica which will focus on Latin America.

For more information, please call Irene at (1) 415-543-4669 x27, or email irene@imow.org.

Happenings Around the World

Have you checked out IMOW’s  global community calendar lately?  Use the global community calendar to learn about happenings in your area and to let other community members know about events you’re excited about! Selected events from the IMOW community calendar will be featured in our bi-monthly e-news in Happenings Around the World.

September 2, San Francisco, California, USA>> The Asian American Women Artists Association presents the art exhibition, “A Place of Her Own,” at the Driftwood Gallery. Learn More>>

September 24-26, Rhinebeck, New York, USA>> Attend the “Women & Power 2010: Our Time to Lead” conference, featuring speakers including Zainab Salbi, Ani Difranco, Maya Soetoro-Ng and more. Learn More>>

Be sure to submit your own events to the Community Calendar! Posted events are seen by people in over 200 countries, and selected events are highlighted in our bi-weekly e-newsletter!

Economica: What Exactly is the Care Economy? What’s Your Favorite Photograph in Picturing Power & Potential? Have You Checked Out Her Blueprint Yet? Support IMOW by Making a Donation Today! Happenings Around the World

Economica: What Exactly is the Care Economy?

Check out These Stories About the Impact of the Care Economy

From Woman Kind by Maria Acha Rodriguez

Many of us have probably heard the terms “microeconomics,” “supply and demand” and “gross domestic product.” But what have you heard about the “care economy”? Though the care economy is often ignored by mainstream economists, feminist economists, leading thinkers, and artists consider the care economy—the informal, frequently unpaid or underpaid care work most often done by women—increasingly important to a vital, healthy global economy. Check out these stories from Economica: Women and the Global Economy about the care economy and learn more today!

• ART: Woman Kind>> Artist María María Acha Rodriguez presents a series of digital photographic collages that celebrates women who work in the care economy and attempts to bring their contributions front and center.
• PODCAST: The Cost of Care>> Put a price tag on care and you’ll realize that women play a fundamental role in the economy, and one that’s been neglected by economists for decades, says feminist economist Nancy Folbre.
• NEW VISIONS: Creating a Caring Economy>> It’s time to bake a new economic pie. It’s time to redefine the economy by better including women’s contributions and by acknowledging the vital work of caring for people, says author Riane Eisler.

To submit to Economica, visit our Call for Submissions page for more information. Explore all of the stories in Economica, and leave a comment or recommend your favorites!

What’s Your Favorite Photograph in Picturing Power & Potential?

Congratulations to our Latest Community Choice Award Winner!

Since Picturing Power & Potential launched in June, we have opened up the floor for visitors to the exhibition to choose their favorite submissions! Hundreds of viewers have commented on and recommended their favorite stories.

The latest winner of the Community Choice Award is Anne Hamersky! Anne’s submission to Picturing Power & Potential: A Project of Economica, Cultivating Change, is the latest Picturing Power & Potential Community Choice Award Winner, chosen by you, the viewer! Cultivating Change is a series of portraits of women small farmers who have taken agriculture into their own hands!

There is just one more Community Choice Award to give out before we choose our Grand Prize Winner, who will receive a special women’s human rights gift bag! Visit Picturing Power & Potential today to help pick the next Community Choice Award winner by recommending or leaving a comment for your favorite photographs! A new winner will be announced in two weeks. Learn more about the Community Choice Awards>>

Picturing Power & Potential is a joint project from the International Museum of Women and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program. The exhibition is now on display permanently online and in a physical exhibition in San Francisco City Hall through August 27, 2010.

Part of Anne Hamersky’s series, Cultivating Change

Have You Checked Out Her Blueprint Yet?

News, Activism, Culture and More at IMOW’s Newly Launched Blog!

You may have heard that we’ve recently relaunched the official IMOW blog, Her Blueprint: Art & Ideas for Women Everywhere, but have you had the chance to check it out yet?

Her Blueprint features stories from international contributors, including Kate Stence reporting from the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, and IMOW staffers, including Krista Walton’s contribution to a summer reading list with a cause!

Be sure to stop by the blog today, and leave a comment or shoot us an email to tell us what you like, what you don’t, and what you want to see next!

Support IMOW by Making a Donation Today!

Help us Continue to Amplify the Voices of Women Worldwide

Share your passion for social change and women’s rights by becoming a member of IMOW, making a donation, or giving the gift of membership to your family and friends.

Your support is especially important as we prepare our next project of Economica which will focus on Latin America.

Help insert women’s voices and perspectives into the current debate on the financial crisis and increase women’s participation and leadership in the global economy. You can also acknowledge a family member or a friend by making a gift to I.M.O.W. in their honor.

For more information, please call Irene at (1) 415-543-4669 x27, or email irene@imow.org.

Off and Running will be featured at the Women’s Empowerment Film Festival

Happenings Around the World

Have you checked out IMOW’s  global community calendar lately?  Use the global community calendar to learn about happenings in your area and to let other community members know about events you’re excited about! Selected events from the IMOW community calendar will be featured in our bi-monthly e-news in Happenings Around the World.

September 10-11, San Francisco, California, USA>> Attend CARE’s Global Action Seminar on Sep. 10 and their “Power to the Peaceful” music festival on Sep. 11 to celebrate peace and promote gender equity. Learn More>>

September 10, London, England>> Attend the “Out of the Archives” seminar at The Women’s Library in London and learn more about the library’s gendered archive. Learn More>>

Be sure to submit your own events to the Community Calendar! Posted events are seen by people in over 200 countries, and selected events are highlighted in our bi-weekly e-newsletter!

Latin America Project: Introducing Our International Co-Curators Who is the Latest Community Choice Award Winner? IMOW Receives Prestigious Grant Award for New Exhibition Tomorrow: “Celebrating Womanhood” RitLab Event: Global Innovation Dialogue Women’s Empowerment Initiative Film Festival Congratulations to Global Council Member Patricia Licuanan

Latin America Project: Introducing our International Co-Curators

Also, Submit Your Work for the Next Project of Economica

IMOW is pleased to introduce our new, international co-curators for the next Project of Economica: Silvana Gesualdo, Irene Jaievsky, and Claudia Mandel. Silvana Gesualdo is a museum consultant and art historian from Mexico City, Mexico, who specializes in women artists in history; Irene Jaievsky is a museum curator and stage designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Claudia Mandel is an fine arts and art history professor from Costa Rica. We are incredibly excited that these knowledgeable and exceptional women will be helping to guide and shape the next exhibition, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us!

Submit your work today to this new Project of Economica. Help us explore how women in Latin America are engaging in the economy, how they have been impacted by the financial crisis, and what their hopes, ideas, and visions are for the economic future of women in their country. We are looking for creative work from or about women in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Argentina, but outstanding work from all countries in Latin America will be given consideration. Learn more>>

We are also looking for a highly-skilled researcher to assist with the development of the exhibition. Read the job description to learn more>>

Who is the Latest Community Choice Award Winner?

Visit Picturing Power & Potential Today!

Selvaprakash Lakshmanan’s
Working for Just Salt

Congratulations to Selvaprakash Lakshmanan! Selvaprakash’s submission to Picturing Power & Potential: A Project of Economica, Working for Just Salt, is the latest Picturing Power & Potential Community Choice Award Winner, chosen by you, the viewer! Working for Just Salt depicts women salt miners in Tuticorin, India, who struggle to make ends meet under grueling working conditions. One commenter says the work is “Beautiful image of strong women,” and suggests that a “Women’s Salt March for better wages and work environment in the tradition of Gandhi’s Salt March would be a good step in right direction.”

There are still three Community Choice Awards to give out! Visit Picturing Power & Potential today to help pick the next Community Choice Award winner by recommending or leaving a comment for your favorite photographs! A new winner will be announced in two weeks. Learn more about the Community Choice Awards>>

Picturing Power & Potential is a joint project from the International Museum of Women and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program. The exhibition is now on display permanently online and in a physical exhibition in San Francisco City Hall through August 27, 2010.

IMOW Receives Prestigious Grant Award for New Exhibition

I.M.O.W. is thrilled to announce that we have received a prestigious grant award from the American Association of Museums for a forthcoming global online exhibition, Young Women Speaking the Economy, to be debuted online in Spring 2011.

Young Women Speaking the Economy will explore young women’s hopes, challenges and ideas at a critical moment for the global economy. Groups of women aged of 18-25 from Denmark, the Philippines, the United States and the Sudan will contribute to the exhibition, sharing perspectives on the economy, careers, well-being and professional life with each other and with the museum’s global online audience. The new exhibition will showcase art, dynamic online conversations, and multi-media, and will be featured online at IMOW.org, as well as at events in each partner country!

The museum’s partners for the Young Women Speaking the Economy exhibition will include Mills College for Women in Oakland, CA; the Ayala Museum and Miriam College for Women in the Philippines; the Women’s Museum and Aarhus University in Denmark; and the Sudanese Women’s Museum and Ahfad University for Women in the Sudan.

Tomorrow: “Celebrating Womanhood” RitLab

Join IMOW and the CJM for a Night of Crafts and Community!

The International Museum of Women is proud to partner with the Contemporary Jewish Museum for Dancing with Timbrels: Celebrating Womanhood, an event from the CJM’s RitLab summer series. Inspired by the coast-to-coast D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) craft movement, RitLabs are a new series of casual after-work Thursday night drop-ins at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. For the “Dancing with Timbrels: Celebrating Womanhood” RitLab, participants will create personalized amulets that celebrate womanhood. Snacks, drinks, and craft supplies will be provided!

Event Details: Thursday, July 22nd from 6pm to 8 pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. The event is free with Museum admission; admission is $5 after 5 pm on Thursdays. For more information, visit our Special Events page or email info@thecjm.org.

Event: Global Innovation Dialogue

Join the Global Women’s Leadership Network on August 5

The Global Women’s Leadership Network invites the public to join them at Santa Clara University on August 5 for “Global Innovation Dialogue: The Power of Transformative Justice,” a chance to dialogue with 20 women global leaders from 14 different countries about a new vision for creating social justice and global gender equity. Learn more>>

Event Details: Thursday, August 5 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Santa Clara University Campus, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA. This event is free, though an RSVP is required. Click here to RSVP>>

Women’s Empowerment Initiative Film Festival

Featuring Films About Empowering Young Women Across the Globe

Off and Running will be featured at the Women’s Empowerment Film Festival

Join ITVS and the International Museum of Women for an evening of inspiring and compelling films that focus on young women and girls around the world, from Texas to Ghana to Israel. This film festival will help kick off ITVS’s exciting new Women’s Empowerment Initiative. For a full list of screenings and times, click here>>

Event Details: Wednesday, August 4 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., San Francisco Main Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street. This event is free and open to the public. Learn more>>

Congratulations to Global Council Member Patricia Licuanan

Congratulations to IMOW Global Council Member Patricia Licuanan, who was appointed to Chair the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the Philippines by President Benigno Aquino.

Dr. Licuanan has long been a champion for women’s human rights and education, and until recently served as the president of Miriam College in Manila, Philippines before taking the new cabinet position.  She also served as chair of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women when it was preparing for the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in 1995, and contributed a story to Economica about the 15th anniversary of that conference, “The Beijing Platform for Women 15 Years Later.”

Patricia Licuanan

Announcing our First Community Choice Award Winner Call for Submissions: Women and the Economy in Latin America Now Available: Podcast Featuring Mahnaz Afkhami News: 20th Global Summit of Women Opened in Beijing RitLab at the CJM: Celebrating Womanhood Support IMOW by Becoming a Member Happenings Around the World

Announcing Our First Community Choice Award Winner

Visit Picturing Power & Potential and Choose the Next Winner!

Brenda Paik Sunoo’s Jeju Grannies
of the Sea

Congratulations to Brenda Paik Sunoo! Brenda’s submission to Picturing Power & Potential: A Project of Economica, Jeju Grannies of the Sea, is the first Picturing Power & Potential Community Choice Award Winner, chosen by you, the viewer!, Jeju Grannies of the Sea depicts remarkable women divers on Jeju Island in Korea, many of whom are in their 70s or 80s! As one commenter notes, Brenda Paik Sunoo’s work is “a combination of surprising imagery and an equally awe-inspiring story.”

Visit Picturing Power & Potential today to see stunning images that depict women around the world exercising their power in the global economy. While you’re there, help pick the next Community Choice Award winner by recommending or leaving a comment for your favorite photographs! A new winner will be announced in two weeks. Learn more about the Community Choice Awards>>

Picturing Power & Potential is a joint project from the International Museum of Women and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program. The exhibition is now on display permanently online and in a physical exhibition in San Francisco City Hall through August 27, 2010.

Call for Submissions: Women and the Economy in Latin America

Submit Your Work for the Next Project of Economica

The International Museum of Women is seeking creative work from artists, writers, activists, and thinkers for a forthcoming global online exhibition, which will focus on women and the economy in Latin America. We are looking for creative work from or about women in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Argentina, but outstanding work from all countries in Latin America will be given consideration. Learn more>>

In this new Project of Economica, we want to explore how women in Latin America are engaging in the economy, how they have been impacted by the financial crisis, and what their hopes, ideas, and visions are for the economic future of women in their country. Submit your work today, and spread the word!

Now Available: Podcast featuring Mahnaz Afkhami

Listen to the Latest Speaker Series Podcast on IMOW.org

Mahnaz Afkhami

“The kind of leadership that would change the way the world works is the kind of leadership that allows everyone to participate… if allowed to share their ideas, people can lead in a substantially innovative way.” –Mahnaz Afkhami

If you weren’t able to attend our June 2 Extraordinary Voice, Extraordinary Change Speaker Series featuring Mahnaz Afkhami, you don’t have to miss out! A free podcast of the event is now available at IMOW.org.

Mahnaz Afkhami is the Founder and President of Women’s Learning Partnership, Executive Director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies, and Chairwoman of the International Museum of Women’s Global Council. Afkhami appeared in conversation with IMOW Executive Director Clare Winterton and discussed the future of women in the Middle East, how technology has affected movement building in the region, and Islam and women. Listen to the podcast now>>

Special thank you to Wells Fargo for sponsoring the event.

News: 20th Global Summit of Women Opened in Beijing

Congratulations to Global Council Member Irene Natividad

The 20th Annual Global Summit of Women opened from June 17-20 in Beijing, China. More than 1,000 delegates from 60 countries attended forums under the theme “Women at the Forefront of Change,” marking the largest attendance in the Summit’s history. Attendees discussed ways to advance women’s economic participation worldwide, women’s human rights, and gender equity, and included Vietnam’s Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan, Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, and the First Lady of Tanzania Salma Kikwete.

Special congratulations to Global Summit of Women President and IMOW Global Council member Irene Natividad. To learn more about the Summit, visit globewomen.org.

Irene Natividad

RitLab at the CJM: Celebrating Womanhood

Join IMOW in San Francisco for a Night of Crafts and Community!

The International Museum of Women is proud to partner with the Contemporary Jewish Museum for Dancing with Timbrels: Celebrating Womanhood, an event from the CJM’s RitLab summer series.

Inspired by the coast-to-coast D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) craft movement, RitLabs are a new series of casual after-work Thursday night drop-ins at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. For the “Dancing with Timbrels: Celebrating Womanhood” RitLab, participants will create personalized amulets that celebrate womanhood. Explore motifs common to this art form, and then use pendants, beads, and a variety of other materials to design your own amulet, incorporating inspired symbols and written inscriptions throughout the process.

Event Details: Thursday, July 22nd from 6pm to 8 pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. The event is free with Museum admission; admission is $5 after 5 pm on Thursdays. For more information, visit our Special Events page or email info@thecjm.org.

Support IMOW by Becoming a Member

Share your passion for social change and women’s rights by becoming a member of IMOW, or by giving the gift of membership to your family and friends.

Your support is especially important as we promote our current online exhibition and establish more partnerships. Help insert women’s voices and perspectives into the current debate on the financial crisis and increase women’s participation and leadership in the global economy. You can also acknowledge a family member or a friend by making a gift to I.M.O.W. in their honor. Thank you for your support!

For more information, please call Nikole at (1) 415-543-4669 x27, or email nhilgeman@imow.org.

Happenings Around the World

Have you checked out I.M.O.W.’s  global community calendar lately?  Use the global community calendar to learn about happenings in your area and to let other community members know about events you’re excited about! Post your event and be seen by people in over 200 countries. Selected events from the I.M.O.W. community calendar will be featured in our bi-monthly e-news in Happenings Around the World.

July 8, San Francisco, California>> The World Affair Council hosts an event celebrating photographer Karen Ande for “Faces of Hope: A New Look at African Children and AIDS.” Learn More>>

July 9, Sacramento, California>> Attend the reception for multimedia artist Mariana Castro de Ali’s new exhibition, “Remnants and the Course of Life.” Learn More>>

July 14-16, Berkshire, England>> Attend the Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference with feminist researchers, thinkers and activists. Learn More>>

Picturing Power & Potential Has Launched!

Visit IMOW’s New Project of Economica, a Global Photography Exhibition

From Mark Tuschman’s series for Picturing Power & Potential, “Capitol of Hope”

What do you think of when you think of women’s economic power and potential?

The International Museum of Women is thrilled to announce the opening of our brand new exhibition, Picturing Power &  Potential: A Project of Economica, where you can view stunning images that depict women around the world exercising their power in the global economy.

Visit Picturing Power & Potential today, and while you’re there help pick a Community Choice Award winner by recommending or leaving a comment on your favorite photographs! Learn more about the Community Choice Awards>>

Picturing Power & Potential is a juried photography exhibition that includes more than 50 images from 20 photographers around the globe, representing countries such as India, Ghana, Korea, and more. We hope that through Picturing Power & Potential, the untold stories of women around the world will be shared more broadly and contribute to improving the status of women in the global economy and in society.

Picturing Power & Potential is a joint project from IMOW and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program. The exhibition is now on display permanently online and in a physical exhibition in San Francisco City Hall, now through August 27, 2010. For more information about the exhibition at San Francisco City Hall, click here>>

Donate by June 30 to Make History Picturing Power & Potential Has Launched! Submit Your Work to Economica: Women and the Global Economy Library Science Internship with SJSU for IMOW Follow IMOW on Facebook and Twitter Happenings Around the World

Donate by June 30 to Make History

Help IMOW Continue its Programs and Exhibitions!

The launch of Economica was a groundbreaking moment for bringing women’s voices center stage, but there is still more important work to be done. In order to continue creating innovative online exhibitions and programs that can reach a global audience, IMOW needs the support of individuals from across our community.  Help the International Museum of Women continue our revolutionary work and create a better world for the next generation by making a donation now. Our spring annual drive ends June 30, so please make your gift by then. Thank you!

You may also acknowledge a family member or a friend by making a gift to IMOW in their honor.

Give the gift of membership to your family and friends.

For more information, please call Nikole at (1) 415-543-4669 x27, or email nhilgeman@imow.org.

Picturing Power & Potential Has Launched!

Visit Our Stunning New Global Photography Exhibition Online

IMOW is thrilled to announce that our brand new exhibition, Picturing Power & Potential: A Project of Economica, has launched! Visit the exhibition to see stunning images that depict women around the world exercising their power in the global economy.

Visit Picturing Power & Potential today, and while you’re there help pick a Community Choice Award winner by recommending or leaving a comment for your favorite photographs! Learn more about the Community Choice Awards >>

Picturing Power & Potential is a joint project from the International Museum of Women and the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s Art at City Hall program. The exhibition is now on display permanently online and in a physical exhibition in San Francisco City Hall through August 27, 2010.

Credit: Mark Tuschman

Submit Your Work to Economica: Women and the Global Economy

Send Us Your Work for Inclusion in a Global Online Exhibition

Mimi Kuo-Deemer’s “Generations of Bhutanese Weavers”

We all have a story to tell, so submit your work for inclusion in our Economica: Women and the Global Economy exhibition today! We feature creative writing, journalism, photography, art and more. To submit to Economica, visit our Call for Submissions page for more information, and for inspiration, check out these submissions from the IMOW Community!

• ART: Las Americas>> Artist Irene Marx creates a multimedia work that comments on the globalization of the economy and the pervasiveness of U.S. culture around the world.
• PHOTOGRAPHY: Generations of Bhutanese Weavers>> Mimi Kuo-Deemer presents stunning photographs of women in Bhutan who make their livings by weaving elaborate garments.
• WRITING: Why I Fired My Financial Planner>> Kathy LeMay, president and CEO of Raising Change, a social change fundraising organization, explains what financial security means to her.

Be sure to visit Your Voices to explore all of the stories in Economica, and help us curate by leaving a comment or recommending your favorites!

Library Science Internship with SJSU for IMOW

The International Museum of Women is looking for a Library Science Graduate student intern in the San Jose, California, area to work on a project with the San Jose State University Special Collections and Archives. The intern will archive and organize the Women’s Heritage Museum’s organizational records (donated by IMOW to SJSU) for a semester- or semesters-long internship. Please spread the word!

Learn more about the position>>

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Become a Fan of the Museum

On Facebook? Avid Tweeter? Make sure to become a fan of IMOW’s museum page, and follow us at twitter.com/IMOWomen. We’ll be posting giveaways, relevant news, Economica updates, and highlighting the work of our partner organizations! Don’t miss out!

Happenings Around the World

Have you checked out I.M.O.W.’s  global community calendar lately?  Use the global community calendar to learn about happenings in your area and to let other community members know about events you’re excited about! Post your event and be seen by people in over 200 countries. Selected events from the I.M.O.W. community calendar will be featured in our bi-monthly e-news in Happenings Around the World.

July 2, Lancaster, United Kingdom>> Attend this free seminar about gender, sexuality, and adult friendship at Lancaster University. Learn More>>