Paris, Sept. 25 (ANI): The infamous Ukrainian feminists known for their topless protests, the Femen, have launched an ‘international training camp’ in Paris to teach a new generation of women to fight sexism. The group has set up the training camp at a former theater in the French capital’s Goutte d’Or district. A leather punching bag is surrounded by Femen slogans like ‘Nudity is freedom’ and ‘I am a woman, not an object’. “Soldiers will be born here, but they will not be French soldiers,” Inna Shevchenko, 22, said, adding: “They will be feminist soldiers, >>>

Topless Femen activists are opening a training camp for feminists in Paris. The group of largely Ukrainian women have become known worldwide for their topless protests. They are now launching the instructional facility in France to spread their sexism fighting lessons to a new generation of women. The shirt and often bra-free reformers set up shop inside a Goutte d’Or District former theater. Femen slogans adorn the old performing arts building. Signs stating, “Nudity is freedom” and “I am a woman, not an object.” Surround a leather punching >>>

The Femen, the infamous Ukrainian feminists known for their topless protests, have launched an “international training camp” in Paris to teach a new generation of women to fight sexism. The group has set up shop at a former theater in the French capital’s Goutte d'Or district. A leather punching bag is surrounded by Femen slogans like "Nudity is freedom" and “I am a woman, not an object.” "Soldiers will be born here, but they will not be French soldiers,” >>>

The Ukrainian feminist movement Femen is attracting more attention than ever after their support to the Pussy Riots and the opening of their new centre in Paris. Swiss film director Alain Margot has been following them since 2010 for feature-length documentary Femen - God is a Woman, that will hit the festival circuit in 2013. The film is currently in post-production and is collecting funds through a crowd-funding campaign on WeMakeIt (www.wemakeit.ch). The collected funds will give the opportunity to the protagonists >>>

Thousands of women have marched through London as part of global protests over the way rape victims are being treated by police and courts.It is the latest event organised by the global organisation "the Slut Walks" which began after high profile figures claimed provocatively dressed women were more likely to be raped.Hundreds of women, many dressed in just their bras and stockings protested outside London's Downing Street shouting slogans and carrying signs.The rally in London copied similar protests in the Ukraine, Paris and Toronto. The movement began as Femen in the Ukraine back in 2008 it >>>

In a chaotic and crumbling former public washhouse in a rundown district of northern Paris, Inna Shevchenko was explaining how a large leather punchbag hanging from the rafters might be used by the foot soldiers of a new generation of feminists.As she prepared to welcome recruits to the Ukrainian-based feminist group Femen's first "international training camp", it was clear that the instruction would not be all ideological. The talk was of "war", "soldiers", "terrorism" and "enemies". Was it not curious, one French journalist asked, that Inna and her warriors had adopted the language of combat, >>>

Each new recruit to the Ukrainian feminist movement FEMEN, famous for their topless stunts, has to show off her breasts to audition for the role, according to firsthand experience by a TV journalist who flashed in order to infiltrate the group. ­The woman told tsn.ua website that she had to agree to be photographed topless in order to be admitted to FEMEN and be kept abreast of their activities. “It’s required so that I know that you’re ready to strip down,” the woman quoted Aleksandra Shevchenko, the movement’s leader, as saying. The women describe themselves as “sextremists”. >>>

"We were young when we started," explains Inna Shevchenko, now 22. She crosses her legs and straightens up a bit in her narrow armchair. She smiles. "I am no longer young." An activist with Fenmen, a Ukrainian feminist movement famous for its bare-breasted protests, she arrived in France at the end of August, unexpectedly, on a tourist visa. A few days before, in Kyiv, this tall, pretty, blonde, had chopped up an Orthodox cross with a chain-saw in support of Russian feminists Pussy Riot. This led to a scandal, obviously, and the threat of prison. “Men” followed her everywhere. >>>

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