Yana Zhdanova

Yana Zhdanova
Яна Жданова
Zhdanova at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv in August 2013
Born (1988-02-28) 28 February 1988 (age 36)
Alma materUniversity of Culture and Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine
OccupationActivist
Years active2009–present

Iana (Yana) Zhdanova (Ukrainian: Яна Жданова; born (1988-02-28)28 February 1988) is a Ukrainian feminist and social activist who since the 2000s has been a leading member of the radical feminist protest group FEMEN. The movement became known for organizing controversial bare-breasted protests against inequality between men and women, prostitution, sex industry, dictatorship, homophobia and other political and social issues.