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 A Femen activist in front of the Security Service of Ukraine headquarters | |
| Founded | 10 April 2008[1] |
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| Type | Protest and activist group |
| Focus | Abolish patriarchy to achieve women's liberation[2] |
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Key people | Anna Hutsol[1] Oksana Shachko Alexandra Shevchenko[5] Inna Shevchenko Yana Zhdanova |
| Website | femen.org |
Femen (stylized in all caps; Russian and Ukrainian: Фемен, Belarusian: Фэмэн) is a Ukrainian radical feminist activist group whose goal is to protect women's rights. The organization became internationally known for organizing controversial[6][7] topless protests against sex tourism,[1][6] religious institutions,[8] sexism, homophobia,[9] and other social, national, and international topics. Founded in Ukraine, the group is now based in France. Femen describes its ideology as being "sextremism, atheism and feminism".[10]
The organization describes itself as "fighting patriarchy in its three manifestations – sexual exploitation of women, dictatorship and religion"[11] and has stated that its goal is "sextremism serving to protect women's rights".[12] Femen activists have been regularly detained by police in response to their protests.[11]
- ^ a b c "Femen wants to move from public exposure to political power". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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- ^ a b "Ukraine's Ladies of Femen". Movements.org. 16 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ Tayler, Jeffrey (13 March 2013). "The Woman Behind Femen's Topless Protest Movement". The Atlantic. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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The activist movement Femen is notorious for topless protests and the ideology 'sextremism, atheism and feminism'.
- ^ a b "Femen activists jailed in Tunisia for topless protest". BBC News. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ Holman, Zoe (19 October 2013). "Fearless … and topless: Femen activists to bring 'sextremism' to the UK". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 26 June 2023.