On July 23, 2018, Oksana Shachko, the 31-year- old Ukrainian-born cofounder of Femen, was found dead in her apartment in Montrouge, a working-class suburb south of Paris. She’d been Femen’s artistic ...

A number of Femen‘s actions challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s political legitimacy. In December 2011, following Russia‘s parliamentary elections, Femen staged a topless protest outside ...

Ukrainian feminist group Femen bared their perennially-painted breasts in Times Square Thursday as part of an international protest campaign against the Russian forces in Crimea. "Fuck Putin!" Femen ...

A Donald Trump wax figure in Madrid has already immortalized the controversial president-elect, but like everywhere else the incoming head-of-state goes, he’s followed by a steady stream of protest — ...

She quickly seduced French officialdom after arriving from Ukraine, winning political asylum within a year of her application. Her visage, framed in blond hair crowned with flowers, helped inspire ...

The group, known for its topless protests against Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and other leaders perceived as strongmen patriarchs, issued a statement on its website Tuesday announcing that it "is not ...

President Donald Trump's black stretch limousine was approaching the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Sunday when a topless woman ran into the rainy street. With her long brown hair flowing down her back, ...

PARIS (AP) — The women of Femen have bared their breasts at the Vatican, in front of Russian President Vladimir Putin and now at a Pennsylvania courthouse, all for one cause: fighting patriarchy. Here ...

A co-founder of the international feminist group Femen was found dead Monday in her Paris apartment, according to The Guardian. The newspaper reported that Femen activists said Oksana Shachko, a ...

KIEV (Reuters) - A founding member of the Ukrainian feminist protest group Femen, Oksana Shachko, has been found dead in her apartment in Paris, Femen said on Tuesday. "RIP. The most fearless and ...

Critics claim Femen thrives on media attention more than improving the lot of womankind. Yet one leading feminist network in France was careful not object to Femen tactics. "We think our techniques ...

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