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{{WikipediaQuote|URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femen|Title=Femen}}
'''Femen''' (stylized in all caps; Ukrainian: Фемен) is a radical feminist activist group whose goal is to protect women's rights. The organization became internationally known for organizing controversial<ref name="movements1">{{REFweb
|title=Ukraine's Ladies of Femen
|publisher=Movements.org
|date=2011-08-16
|accessdate=2013-04-22
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414005441/http://www.movements.org/case-study/entry/ukraines-ladies-of-femen
|archived=yes
}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews
|first=Jeffrey
|last=Tayler
|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/the-woman-behind-femens-topless-protest-movement/273970/
|title=The Woman Behind Femen's Topless Protest Movement
|publisher=The Atlantic
|date=2013-03-13
|accessdate=2013-04-22
}}</ref> topless protests against sex tourism,<ref name=FEMEN>{{REFnews
|http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/65379/
|title=Femen wants to move from public exposure to political power
|publisher=Kyiv Post
|date=2010-04-28
}}</ref><ref name="movements1"/> religious institutions,<ref name=BBCobservOct12>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20028797
|title=Ukraine's Femen: Topless protests 'help feminist cause'
|publisher=BBC News
|date=2012-10-23
}}</ref> sexism, homophobia,<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/topless-femen-protest-andre-jozef-leonard_n_3146609.html
|title=Topless FEMEN Protesters Drench Belgian Archbishop André-Jozef Léonard, Protest Homophobia in Catholic Church (PHOTOS)
|publisher=Huffington Post
|accessdate=2015-03-23
|date=2013-04-24
}}</ref> and other social, national, and international topics. Founded in Ukraine, the group is now based in France. Femen describes its ideology as being "sextremism, atheism and feminism".<ref name="Reestorff2018">{{REFbook
|last=Reestorff
|first=Camilla Møhring
|title=The Routledge companion to media and activism
|year=2018
|publisher=Routledge
|location=New York
|isbn=9781138202030
|language=English
|quote=The activist movement Femen is notorious for topless protests and the ideology ‘sextremism, atheism and feminism’.
}}</ref>
The organization describes itself as "fighting patriarchy in its three manifestations – sexual exploitation of women, dictatorship and religion"<ref name=BBCTunis/> and has stated that its goal is "sextremism serving to protect women's rights".<ref name=Guar19oct13>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/femen-activists-uk-branch-feminism
|title=Fearless ... and topless: Femen activists to bring 'sextremism' to the UK
|website=theguardian.com
|date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> Femen activists have been regularly detained by police in response to their protests.<ref name=BBCTunis>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22881163
|title=Femen activists jailed in Tunisia for topless protest
|publisher=BBC News
|date=2013-06-12
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
[[Category:Organization]]
[[Category:Human rights]]
'''Femen''' (stylized in all caps; Ukrainian: Фемен) is a radical feminist activist group whose goal is to protect women's rights. The organization became internationally known for organizing controversial<ref name="movements1">{{REFweb
|title=Ukraine's Ladies of Femen
|publisher=Movements.org
|date=2011-08-16
|accessdate=2013-04-22
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414005441/http://www.movements.org/case-study/entry/ukraines-ladies-of-femen
|archived=yes
}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews
|first=Jeffrey
|last=Tayler
|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/the-woman-behind-femens-topless-protest-movement/273970/
|title=The Woman Behind Femen's Topless Protest Movement
|publisher=The Atlantic
|date=2013-03-13
|accessdate=2013-04-22
}}</ref> topless protests against sex tourism,<ref name=FEMEN>{{REFnews
|http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/65379/
|title=Femen wants to move from public exposure to political power
|publisher=Kyiv Post
|date=2010-04-28
}}</ref><ref name="movements1"/> religious institutions,<ref name=BBCobservOct12>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20028797
|title=Ukraine's Femen: Topless protests 'help feminist cause'
|publisher=BBC News
|date=2012-10-23
}}</ref> sexism, homophobia,<ref>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/topless-femen-protest-andre-jozef-leonard_n_3146609.html
|title=Topless FEMEN Protesters Drench Belgian Archbishop André-Jozef Léonard, Protest Homophobia in Catholic Church (PHOTOS)
|publisher=Huffington Post
|accessdate=2015-03-23
|date=2013-04-24
}}</ref> and other social, national, and international topics. Founded in Ukraine, the group is now based in France. Femen describes its ideology as being "sextremism, atheism and feminism".<ref name="Reestorff2018">{{REFbook
|last=Reestorff
|first=Camilla Møhring
|title=The Routledge companion to media and activism
|year=2018
|publisher=Routledge
|location=New York
|isbn=9781138202030
|language=English
|quote=The activist movement Femen is notorious for topless protests and the ideology ‘sextremism, atheism and feminism’.
}}</ref>
The organization describes itself as "fighting patriarchy in its three manifestations – sexual exploitation of women, dictatorship and religion"<ref name=BBCTunis/> and has stated that its goal is "sextremism serving to protect women's rights".<ref name=Guar19oct13>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/femen-activists-uk-branch-feminism
|title=Fearless ... and topless: Femen activists to bring 'sextremism' to the UK
|website=theguardian.com
|date=2013-10-19
}}</ref> Femen activists have been regularly detained by police in response to their protests.<ref name=BBCTunis>{{REFnews
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22881163
|title=Femen activists jailed in Tunisia for topless protest
|publisher=BBC News
|date=2013-06-12
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
[[Category:Organization]]
[[Category:Human rights]]