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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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Photo Credit: REUTERS. Swiss policemen arrest an activist from FEMEN, a Ukrainian protest group against the discrimination of women, during a protest in front of a checkpoint of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 28, 2012.

Photo Credit: Reuters. A Swiss policeman arrests an activist from FEMEN, a Ukrainian protest group against the discrimination of women, as she wanted to pass a checkpoint of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 28, 2012.

Photo Credit: Reuters. A Swiss policeman tries to stop activists from FEMEN, a Ukrainian protest group against the discrimination of women, as they want to pass a checkpoint of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 28, 2012.

Photo Credit: Reuters. A Swiss policeman tries to stop activists from FEMEN, a Ukrainian protest group against the discrimination of women, as they want to pass a checkpoint of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 28, 2012.

Photo credit: Reuters. Activists from FEMEN, a Ukrainian protest group against the discrimination of women, protest in front of a checkpoint of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 28, 2012.

Photo Credit: Reuters. Activists from the women rights organisation Femen protest against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's phrase during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Kyiv, February 3, 2011. Yanukovych said during his a speech in Davos on January 28,

Photo Credit: Reuters. A Swiss policeman tries to stop activists from FEMEN, a Ukrainian protest group against the discrimination of women, during protest next to a checkpoint of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 28, 2012.

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About FEMEN

The mission of the "FEMEN" movement is to create the most favourable conditions for the young women to join up into a social group with the general idea of the mutual support and social responsibility, helping to reveal the talents of each member of the movement.

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