About us

Feministeerium is a non-profit feminist organisation in Estonia working to advance solidarity, emancipation, and social justice through advocacy, communication and community engagement.

We provide expertise to policymakers on the rights and socio-economic status of women and gender minorities, and contribute to public debate with a feminist perspective on politics, society, and culture through our online magazine, podcast, newsletter and social media.

Feministeerium advocates for legal reforms and effective implementation of legislation to promote gender equality and prevent gender-based violence. We monitor developments related to consent-based rape legislation and the Istanbul Convention in Estonia and across Europe, and call on Estonia to comply with the Convention and adopt a consent-based definition of rape.

We engage the feminist community through events such as Tallinn Feminist Forum (TALFF), collaborations with grassroots initiatives in Estonia and internationally, and by delivering workshops, lectures, and training on gender equality and gender-based violence for teachers, students, and young adults.

Selected articles in English · Key Documents · Funding

The Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has selected Feministeerium as its strategic partner in promoting gender equality in Estonia.

Collaboration

We collaborate with civil society organisations in Estonia and across Europe, offering local expertise, advocacy-oriented communication, access to feminist networks and contributors, and analytical capacity.

Feministeerium is a member of the Network of Estonian Non-Profit Organisations, the Equal Treatment Network, which the Estonian Human Rights Centre coordinates. We have signed the Estonian Diversity Charter and follow the Estonian NGO Code of Ethics.

Collective

Kadi Viik

Co-founder, Editor

Kadi Viik has a background in human rights and has previously worked for the Estonian government and the UN. When she is not writing for Feministeerium, she is probably somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere observing elections.

Nele Laos

Co-founder, Project Manager, Advocacy Expert

Nele Laos’s educational background is in cultural management. During her master’s studies in sociology she researched young people’s understanding of sexual consent in Estonia. She has launched the Tallinn Feminist Forum (TALFF), co-organised the “Solidary Women’s Day” initiative and co-produced a sex education youth play “How to say yes?”.

Greta Roosaar

Advocacy Expert, Educator

Greta Roosaar is an entrepreneur and an educator on the topics of diversity, equality, and inclusion. During her master’s studies in cultural studies, Roosaar applied feminist discourse analysis to study how various unequal systems and social constructions are represented and reproduced in our use of language, media and culture.

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Elise Rohtmets

Advocacy Expert, Consent Law

When Elise Rohtmets is not lecturing engineers in philosophy or writing an article, she can be found where the music is playing. Her favorite animals are bats, which, like her, take flight only after sunset. For advocacy-related queries about consent law, get in touch with Elise.

Margaret Tilk

Editor, TALFF Organiser

Margaret Tilk is a freelance artist-researcher and an MA student in social design at the Estonian Academy of Arts. She holds an MSc in cultural sociology from KU Leuven in Belgium and a BA in semiotics from the University of Tartu. She is interested in the interweaving of sociology and art and posthumanist feminism.

Kadi Raal

Editor

Kadi Raal is a journalist with a background in anthropology. Her interests range from geopolitics and security to pop culture and online culture. She is currently focusing on full-time motherhood and recharges her batteries by reading a few pages of a good book, whenever she gets the chance.

Julia Tisler

Russian-language Editor

Julia Tisler is curious and always open to new knowledge, as her motto is “I know that I know nothing.”

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