Oxana Shachko Оксана Шачко | |
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Born | Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 31 January 1987
Died | 23 July 2018 Paris, France | (aged 31)
Cause of death | Suicide by hanging |
Other names | Oksana Shachko Oksana Chatchko |
Occupation(s) | Artist, activist |
Years active | 2008–2018 |
Oksana Shachko (Ukrainian: Оксана Шачко; 31 January 1987 – 23 July 2018) was a Ukrainian artist and activist.[1] Along with Anna Hutsol and Alexandra Shevchenko, she was one of the founders of the radical feminist activist group Femen, which publicly demonstrates in various countries against sexual exploitation, income inequality, and policies of the Roman Catholic Church, among other causes.[2]