Feministeerium / 02.09.2022

I did not consent to this. #MeToo story

We publish an account of a non-consensual sexual relationship sent by one of our readers.* It is a story of a young expat woman temporarily living and working in Estonia. When she experienced sexual abuse she struggled with finding legal and medical help due to language barrier and lack of information about Estonian laws about …

Kevin Snow / 24.08.2022

Have you ever heard of „Gayropa“?

Kevin Snow, a former Fulbright scholar in political science who worked as a researcher in Estonia, analyzes the geographical identity…

Aet Kuusik / 19.06.2022

Anti-war activist Lölja Nordic: Russian people who stand against the war risk everything they have

In February, a few days after the start of the war, Russian feminists joined forces and formed an anti-war resistance…

Maryna Shevtsova / 09.06.2022

Do wars have a sexual orientation? On the Russian invasion, LGBTQ rights and civil society resistance in Ukraine

Feminist scholars had a long time ago pointed out that militarization of society in the conditions of war usually “cements”…

Birgit Poopuu, Eret Talviste / 25.04.2022

Wars do not stand in isolation from each other, they are linked by violent structures

Like Ukraine today, Syria has endured multiple horrors of war. The difference is that to the war in Syria, the…

Hille Hanso / 05.04.2022

Ukrainian feminist activist Maryna Shevtsova: All women’s rights organisations have switched to emergency mode

What has the war meant for women? Hille Hanso talked to Maryna Shevtsova, a Ukrainian scholar, feminist and activist, about…

Nele Laos / 30.11.2021

How to keep an activist healthy?

I feel that more people have started to actively speak up and get involved with social justice topics in Estonia,…

Tomas Gunnarsson / 29.11.2021

Swedish Gender Photographer Spends One Week Consuming Estonian Media

Recently, when I held a workshop about gender stereotypes in the media at the 2021 Tallinn Feminist Forum, the organizer…

Aet Kuusik / 07.09.2021

A non-transparent system and assessment specialists, i.e. how the Estonian state treats transgender people

Transgender people in Estonia are aware of what awaits those who turn to psychiatrist and sexologist Dr Imre Rammul, head…

Aet Kuusik / 23.08.2021

Kaunas Pride organizers: we do not want to hide, live in fear or conform to standards imposed on us

At the end of next week, 2nd to 5th of September Kaunas Pride, an independent grassroots-organised pride event will take…

Hille Hanso / 31.05.2021

Sanem Güner: Treating feminism as a Western invention perpetuates a myth from which Turkish conservatives have benefited greatly

Following the Turkish president’s single-handed dismissal of The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and…

Nika Nazarova / 14.04.2021

Comic: Being “not like the other girls” wasn’t fun

Nika Nazarova’s lovely cartoon is about internalised misogyny, or the desire not to be like other girls, and the journey…

Laura Bondl, Tabea Breidenbach / 11.10.2020

Five reasons why climate change and feminism are related issues

Women are more affected by the impacts of climate change than men. But given the chance, they can play a…

Rebeka Põldsam / 11.03.2020

Artists against capitalism. French strike against neoliberal government and the inequality of social welfare

Rebeka Põldsam interviews Paris based curator Barbara Sirieix about the mobilisation of art workers in the current strike against the…

Feministeerium / 02.03.2020

Celebrate Women’s Day with us!

We invite you on March 7th at the celebration of the weekend of International Women’s Day. You are welcomed to…

Kyle Martin / 25.02.2020

Why we need feminism here?

Kyle Martin from USA, who has been living in Estonia for six years, wrote to us about the conversations he…

Feministeerium / 05.11.2019

TALFF: In a caring society, we need to listen to women and minority groups

On Saturday, the first Estonian feminist forum was held in Tallinn. Equal rights supporters from Estonia and neighboring countries recognized…