Imagine a place where the history of the Czech women’s movement comes to life, where queer stories and books you won’t find anywhere else await their readers. A place where new ideas, arguments, and hopes are born. This place is the feminist Jiřina Šiklová Library. For us, for you, and for many others.

But not all libraries are the same. Ours is, above all, a safe space where feminists, queer people, and students can meet and share experiences. It is a place where the history and memory of the Czech women’s movement come alive.

Running a feminist library isn’t really a money-making venture, but we know it’s worth it. We raise funds wherever we can to cover the librarian’s salary, new books, the library system, and rent, and until now, we were successful. But now we’re facing a lack of stable funding, which goes hand in hand with increasing attacks on gender equality.

You can help us save the library ❤️‍🔥

With your donation, you can help keep the Jiřina Šiklová Library open - a space that has been bringing together feminists, queer people, students, and the general public for nearly 35 years.


Thanks to you, the following will remain accessible:

Without your support, the library is facing closure and its collection will fall apart. And if it disappears now, another one like it will likely never be established in Czechia again.

One month of library operations costs 30,000 CZK; to keep it open for at least another year, we need to raise 360,000 CZK.