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International Women’s Network In Estonia

Estonia · Tallin · National · See the Estonia profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 91% 20/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

"International Women’s Network In Estonia" are an non governmental organization that focuses efforts on helping international migrant women in Estonia. They seek to strengthen women’s voices with our activities and we are in the constant process of building a safe space for them

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
International Women’s Network In Estonia — website
Power domain
Social Power
Methods / tools
Awareness-raising, Networking
Region (NUTS)
EE001
Keywords
women empowerment, gender equality, support of migrant women

Context

International Women's Network in Estonia is an NGO supporting migrant/international women living in Estonia, which grew out of a Facebook group for Spanish-speaking women started in early 2020.

Objectives

To strengthen migrant women's voices, build a safe space for communication and mutual support, and advocate for multiculturality, gender equality and women's empowerment.

Activities

Community-building and peer-support activities originating from an online (Facebook) group for Spanish-speaking women in Estonia, later formalised into an NGO after members began speaking up about domestic and gender-based violence.

Results

The network grew organically from an informal Facebook group into a registered NGO, providing migrant women in Estonia with a platform to share experiences, including of domestic and gendered violence, and access support.

Conclusions

The organisation frames migrant status as an additional layer of vulnerability on top of gender-based vulnerability, and positions itself as a still-developing platform to voice and address domestic violence among migrant women in Estonia, an issue it says is not yet adequately voiced in the country.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — The description discloses no budget figures; the network appears to run largely on volunteer/community effort.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Began as an informal Facebook group in early 2020 and grew organically into a registered NGO; no fixed end-date is stated — described as an ongoing, still-developing initiative.
Staffing & skills
Volunteer/community organisers, NGO founders and coordinators (originally an informal, self-organised group)

Conditions for success

  • An existing online community (e.g. a social-media group) to seed initial trust and participation
  • Willingness of members to speak openly about sensitive issues such as domestic and gender-based violence
  • Multilingual, culturally-aware facilitation for a migrant community

Common failure modes

  • Reliance on an informal/volunteer structure may limit capacity to respond to disclosures of violence
  • Organic growth without stated funding may constrain sustainability and access to professional support services

Where it fits

Governance type
ngo/civil-society
Scale
national
Income level
high-income (EU member state)

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