by HARRIET SALEM
To celebrate the opening of its new training center, the Ukraine-based group Femen marched through a predominantly Muslim part of Paris on September 18, 2012. PHOTO Reuters/Spiegel
Chest-baring activist group Femen broadens horizons in Eastern Europe and beyond
Images of stunning topless Ukrainian girls are no longer relegated to top-shelf men’s mags and mail-order bride websites. They are hitting the mainstream media courtesy of controversial Ukrainian women’s rights group Femen, which catapulted into the limelight following a series of topless protests against the Euro 2012 tournament. Campaigning against prostitution, sex tourism and trafficking under the slogan “Ukraine is not a brothel,” Femen protesters bared their breasts to attract media attention to their cause. They have alternatively become the villains and the heroines, the subject of dismay and adoration.
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