International Festival of Gender Literacy,
freedom of choice and dignity of people
Freedom = Knowledge + Choice
Our mission
Promotion of gender literacy

We bring key aspects of gender knowledge to # nbsp; the general public in # nbsp; interesting formats. We unite people around the values of reason, freedom of choice and # nbsp; uniqueness of each person. We rehabilitate the dignity of women in # nbsp; history and # nbsp; culture, teach critical mind in # nbsp; gender relations, and # nbsp; talk about # nbsp; women's experiences, problems and # nbsp; how to # nbsp; solve them.
We create a safe space
for important social dialogue
The Festival in numbers during 4 years:
>7 k
people visited offline
> 2 mln
views our videos received в youtube and ok.ru
120
Experts spoke on our stage
11
Counties speakers were from
In four years, about 7 # nbsp; thousand people visited us, and the online version of the 2020 festival received more than 2 million views following the broadcast on youtube, ok.ru and five Russian media (Novaya Gazeta, Ekho Moskvy, Colta, TV -2 and Daptar). More than 120 # nbsp; experts spoke at our stage # nbsp; including gender specialists, journalists, bloggers and # nbsp; public figures: Oksana Pushkina, Irina Kosterina, Mari Davtyan, Anna Rivina, Karinna Moskalenko, Irina Gaida, Irina Prokhorova , Kirill Martynov, Alena Popova, Tatiana Nikonova, Arina Kholina, Olga Strakhovskaya, Alla Mitrofanova, Alexandra Mitroshina, etc.

In # nbsp; 2020, the festival became international # nbsp; - we # nbsp; invited 11 # nbsp; European experts from # nbsp; 6 # nbsp; countries, including: Ambassador of Sweden to # nbsp;Russia Malena Mard, President of Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) Marcella Pirrone, founder of JUMP "Solutions for Equality at work" Isabella Lenarduzzi, ex-Minister of Economy of Finland Katri Kulmuni and others.
Our principles
1
Scale
Each festival unites 25+ experts at one stage
2
Diversity of topics
We raise very different questions which are interesting to both experts and beginners


3
Multiple formats
TED-style conference, workshops, interactive performances, artistic statements, discussion and debates in one day under one roof


4
Freedom of thinking
Moscow Femfest is an educational festival. We don't propagate ideologies. Our purpose is to share expertise and knowledge, giving our guests right to choose their own position. We create a friendly professional vibe for productive and respectful discussion


5
Friendly and respectful environment
We create a friendly professional vibe for productive and respectful discussion. We don't allow aggression and conflicts


6
Availability
Gender education can't b exclusive. Free entrance to the festival is a must
We speak truth about women
and female experiences
Мoscow FemFest — is a Gender Team product
In # nbsp; 2020, we # nbsp; realized that we had grown beyond # nbsp; the limits of one festival and # nbsp; created the Gender Team, in # nbsp; within which we research, speak out and # nbsp; create products to solve gender problems in   Russia and # nbsp; the world. Besides MFF, we # nbsp; do the following projects:
Our partners
We seek solutions through dialogue
Moscow FemFest 2021 team
Irina Izotova
PhD in Philosophy, MA in gender studies, founder and programme director of Moscow FemFest


Lola Tagaeva
Journalist, ex editor-in-chief of RAIN Russian TV Channel. Leads the strategic development and promotion of Moscow FemFest
Marina Leksina
Feminist activist, coordinator and fundriser of Moscow FemFest
Aleksandra Tunko
Psychologist, founder of educational project for women VSMYSLE. The chief of Moscow FemFest social media channels.
Previous teams
2020: Irina Izotova, Lola Tagaeva, Marina Leksina, Sasha Tunko, Zina Burskaya, Elena Dolzhenko. The team of EU Delegation to Russia worked with us: Diana Morinova, Anna Kaplina, Julia Teterina, Tatiana Sizova.

2019: Irina Izotova, Lola Tagaeva, Maria Uvarova, Maria Filatova, Evgenia Sorokina.

2018: Irina Izotova, Maria Uvarova, Maria Filatova, Evgenia Sorokina.

2017: Irina Izotova, Lola Tagaeva, Anna Gilyova, Daria Kuk, Maria Uvarova, Maria Filatova, Evgenia Sorokina, Galna Pashinskaya.
Our partners in 2017-2020:
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Media about us
The Guardian, Forbes Russia, Marie Claire, The Village, Аfisha Daily, Novaya Gazeta, Snob, Buro., Colta, Svoboda, Lady Mail.ru, Tayga.info and other media.
We are # nbsp; looking for solutions to # nbsp; problems using dialogue.
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We teach gender literacy – the key soft skill of XXI century. See you at the festival!
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