Femens during an activist place de la Concorde in Paris, Sunday March 8.

Women’s rights campaigners armed with rubber gloves, purple smoke and exposed breasts went out to symbolically cleanse Paris’ streets of the ‘patriarchy virus’, but local cops shooed them away. In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, feminist activists denounce violence against women The exposition “Déesses Femen” by the leader of FEMEN Sweden Jenny A. Wenhammar at Espace des femmes, until March 31, 2018. Some 40 protesters wearing plastic coveralls, rubber gloves and protective glasses – but nothing on their chests bar slogans, as is their shtick – invaded Paris’ Place de la Concorde.Chanting feminist slogans, they fired purple smoke sticks and doused the ground using portable sprayers to wash away what they called the ‘patriarchal virus’.

Femens during an activist place de la Concorde in Paris, Sunday March 8. Some 40 protesters wearing plastic coveralls, rubber gloves and protective glasses – but nothing on their chests bar slogans, as is their shtick – invaded Paris’ Place de la Concorde. 20:54 GMT, Aug 18, 2020 "It is considered that it is not the coronavirus which should frighten, but a patriarchal pandemic which rapes a woman every seven minutes, which murders a woman every 48 hours, which justifies discrimination and gender-based violence" declared to AFP Sophia Antoine, member of the movement. The Rennes prosecutor at war against violence against women International Women's Rights Day: Lila, a Messenger chatbot that helps victims of violence Fight the coronavirus with "disinfectant"? Forty activists from the Femen feminist movement symbolically wanted to "clean the streets of Paris from the patriarchal virus" during a flash action on Place de la Concorde on Sunday for International Women's Rights Day. At the cries of "Vital emergency, patriarchal virus", "Move away, patriarchate virus" or even "Vital security, patriarchal virus", they cleaned with a liquid the sidewalk before being quickly dispersed by the police, found an AFP journalist. FEMEN, which is a radical feminist protest group founded in Ukraine in 2008, carried out a similar protest exactly a year ago against the National Front. Femen activists, known for staging predominantly topless protests across the globe, have once again organised a nude action in Paris - shortly after two members of the feminist movement were fined on charges of indecent behaviour for attacking the motorcade of US President Donald Trump in November 2018 during his visit to the French capital. Forty activists from the Femen feminist movement symbolically wanted to "clean the streets of Paris from the patriarchal virus" during a flash action on Place de la Concorde on … All rights reserved. The action was apparently themed after the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, but the activists were more interested in fighting an epidemic of violence against women.Then Paris police arrived at the scene and ushered the protesters away.Femen is a group of women’s rights activists, originally based in Ukraine, who use public exposure of their breasts to draw attention to their slogans and cause. Gallery: Berlusconi, sei scaduto! - MARTIN BUREAU / AFP. The topless activists disrupted Marine Le Pen’s May Day speech in Paris, as well as a tribute to Joan of Arc at a … Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected later today in Paris and in ten other cities in France for International Women's Rights Day, activists wanting to make a point of convergence of "feminist dynamics". Trump accused of being "irresponsible" - France 24 First eventful day for Gérald Darmanin as Minister of the Interior First day of Darmanin in the Interior, flinched feminists - France 24 UAE calls for effective participation of youth in the work of the "Security Council" Miss Egypt after suffering from "Corona": Do not underestimate please An artist sentenced for sexual exhibition at the sanctuary of Lourdes Woo Hee-jong and Yang Jeong-suk elected "Really on the Real Estate Controversy" American Scientist Shocks Everyone About "Corona Vaccine" A great American scientist for governments: Do not count on finding a vaccine for "Corona" Negative swimming advice at The Hague coast, sewage dumped after power outage Canada's Finance Minister announced his resignation and was involved in the bursary program The verdict in the murder of the former Prime Minister of Lebanon: Salim Ayash was found guilty Cesare Romiti, former CEO and president of Fiat, has died: protagonist of Italian capitalism Follow the press conference about the corona measures here at 7 pm Test Can you come up with the right answer to the difficult apple tree puzzle! Femen (Ukrainian: Фемен), stylized as FEMEN, is a feminist activist group intended to protect women's rights.The organization became internationally known for organizing controversial topless protests against sex tourism, religious institutions, sexism, homophobia, and other social, national, and international topics. Since their inception over a decade ago they have gone international, and their presence is strongest in France, where the group’s co-creator Inna Shevchenko lives.

The performance, by the activist group Femen, was timed to coincide with International Women’s Day on Sunday.

February 9, 2018. "So, on this day of March 8, we decided to clean the streets of Paris of the harmful patriarchal virus and to repel gender-based violence, so that our sisters, when they take over public space, it is clean, disinfected, serene She added. Founded in Ukraine, the group is now based in France.