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"We are coming there to scream, using women's voices, women's bodies to explain that women need to decide also," she said.
Their unclad torso was painted with messages like "Poor, because of you," "Crisis! Made in Davos" and "Gangsters party in Davos." However, they were not allowed to demonstrate further.
Also, about 40 Occupy movement protestors marched in front the town hall with banners and placards with slogans like "If voting would change anything, it would be illegal" and "Don't let them decide for you, Occupy WEF," and chanted anti-capitalist slogans, The Telegraph reported.
"In Ukraine, we have a cabinet of ministers only for men. There are no women," Shevchenko told The Telegraph, adding that women wanted to "decide for themselves."
The feminist group took out several such protests in the last year to highlight a couple of more issues.
During the panel discussion, United Nations' trade chief Supachai Panitchpakdi , urged other global leaders to look into the matter and center on reducing inequalities in the world.
"Today we do everything to please the financial markets and you can see the financial market going and going, but they don't serve the real economy. They serve themselves," he said.
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