There were topless protests today (April 5) in Europe and North America as part of what the Ukraine-based feminist group Femen is calling a “topless jihad”. The feminist group, which describes itself as “sextremists”, routinely stages disruptive actions in protest of a variety of government policies and social problems they deem sexist or against the interests of women. Today’s topless demonstrations were held in support of a 19-year-old Tunisian woman named Amina Tyler. Tyler attracted controversy and international attention earlier this year when she posted partially nude photos of >>>

A group of Muslim women have joined forces to protest against the work of Femen, branding them “white colonial feminists”. Muslim Women Against Femen launched an online response to Femen’s “topless jihad day”, which urged activists to bare their breasts in support of Tunisian teenager Amina Tyler. The group, which claims Femen are Islamophobes and imperialists, has opened a Facebook page featuring images of women holding up slogans such as “Nudity DOES NOT liberate me and I DO NOT need saving” and “Shame >>>

She's topless. She's angry. And she is, literally, taking liberties. The activist in this picture took part in a protest in Paris in support of Amina Tyler, a young Tunisian woman who has been targeted by Islamists after she put a bare-breasted picture of herself on her Facebook page in March with the words "Fuck Your Morals" and "My Body Belongs To Me, And Is Not The Source Of Anyone's Honour" painted across her chest.Both Tyler and this activist are members of Femen, the radical feminist group that originated in the Ukraine and specialises in topless politics. Hackers attacked Femen's Tunisian >>>

A group of Muslim women has launched an online campaign in response to demonstrations by bare-breasted activists staged in front of mosques and Tunisian embassies across Europe. The "Muslimah Pride Day" was organised in response to the Ukrainian women's rights group Femen's self-declared "Topless Jihad Day", a day of topless protests around the world to support Tunisian activist Amina Tyler. Organiser Sofia Ahmed, writing on Facebook, said: "Muslimah [Female Muslim] pride is about connecting with your Muslim identity and reclaiming our collective voice. Let's show the world that >>>

  There was a time in 2011, when you couldn’t walk in central London without bumping into sluts. I am of course, referring to the Slutwalk march that took place in the capital that June.  Following the example of Canadian women – who in turn were sparked by the throwaway comment of a policeman who advised women to “avoid dressing like sluts” to remain safe from rape – women took to the streets to protest rape culture and slut-shaming. I heartily approved, even as I sat it out. Slutwalk, with a message of genuine goodness and worth >>>

The use of nudity has been a key symbol of Ukraine's FEMEN protests for women's liberation. In response to the growing topless protests by Ukrainian women’s organization FEMEN, Muslim women from across the globe has come together to tell the women’s rights activists that “nudity does not liberate me.” It is the latest in the ongoing controversy surrounding FEMEN, who have come to international fame for their nude protests in front of embassies calling for women’s liberation in Europe and >>>

FEMEN strikes again: Topless protesters staged demonstrations near mosques and Tunisian embassies across Europe on Thursday to express support for embattled FEMEN activist Amina Tyler. "We're free, we're naked, it's our right, it's our body, it's our rules, and nobody can use religion, and some other holy things, to abuse women, to oppress them," FEMEN member Alexandra Shevchenko said in Berlin, according to AFP. "And we'll fight against them. And our boobs will be stronger than their stones," she added. Tunisian student >>>

  Pause     Play   Image 1 of 7: Who said Western feminism doesn't blend with Arab culture? You only need one look at this sophisticated symbol the risque revolutionaries have adopted for Thursday's event, to see that the naysayers just aren't trying hard enough.   Pause     Play   Image 1 of 7: The uber-chic fashion houses of Milan will be hoping this wave of stripped down FEMEN-ism doesn't catch >>>

Topless jihad day was in full swing on Thursday, with protestors active across the globe in their support of a Tunisian woman who was threatened with death for baring her breasts online. Declared “a new Arab Spring” by Femen activists, it called for women to join topless rallies at worldwide Tunisian embassies. In a statement published on Facebook, Femen touted the event as a cry against the “lethal hatred of Islamists – inhuman beasts for whom killing a woman is more natural than recognising her right to do as >>>

A topless activist of the Ukrainian feminist movement Femen protest against Islamists in front of the Mosque of Paris, on April 3, 2013 in Paris. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images) A much stronger set of protest photos today with 71 hits, several of which were of a trio of topless Ukrainian feminists protesting against Islamists in Paris. Apparently their antics didn’t go over well with at least one man who was photographed kicking one of the women in her behind. The one on the receiving end of the kick is not the one seen flipping him a double bird. Why women from Ukraine are in Paris protesting >>>