Femen France

A FEMEN France protester, 2012

FEMEN France is the French branch of FEMEN (Ukrainian: Фемен), a feminist protest group founded in Ukraine in 2008 and famous for organizing topless protests.[1] In October 2013 FEMEN had its largest membership in France.[1] As of early January 2013, the organization consisted of 30 local activists.[2] The only Ukrainians regularly present were Oksana Shachko and Inna Shevchenko.[2]

  1. ^ a b Holman, Zoe (19 October 2013). "Fearless… and topless: Femen activists to bring 'sextremism' to the UK". The Observer.
  2. ^ a b Tayler, Jeffrey (2 January 2013). "Femen in Paris: Ukraine's Topless Warriors Move West". The Atlantic.