Femen activists in body paint hold a wreath that says ‘feminist and anti-fascist memory’ while shouting slogans in support of Franco’s victims two days before the anniversary of Franco’s death alongside the Franco era victory arch.
The Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died 47 years ago on November 20, an anniversary customarily commemorated by his far-right supporters and protesters.
50 Femen activists, painted topless in the colors of Ukraine gathered on the Champs-de-Mars in Paris, France, in support of the Ukraine resistance against Russia invasion, 03/06/2022. FEMEN a radical feminist activist group whose goal is to protect women’s rights.
Topless female activists with markings on their chests hold a banner saying “No pasaran” (They will not pass) outside the Russian embassy during the demonstration. With this action, Femen wants to show its repulse to the invasion in Ukraine by Russia, which is eight days old today.
The balance of the conflict according to the latest information, both by the Ukrainian government and UNHCR, is at least 2,000 civilians dead and at least one million refugees who have fled Ukraine.
Topless female activists with markings on their chests chant slogans during a protest in Calle Fuencarral, Madrid, 02/14/2022.
A group of feminist activists from FEMEN, Spain demonstrate in the framework of Valentine’s Day to denounce the latest femicides in Spain.
A member of the women’s rights organization Femen is pictured during a protest in favor of abortion in front of the Royal Congregation of San Isidro in Madrid, 12/28/2021.
Naked Femen activists protest against feminicide and demand a pardon for Juana Rivas in front of the ministry of Justice in Madrid, Spain on June 11, 2021. Juana Rivas is a Spanish woman imprisoned for hiding with sons in 2017 to escape abusive ex partner.
Femen activists with paintings on their bodies that read: ‘No honor to fascism’ and Franco’s eagles drawn on their backs during an event for Victory Day on the LXXXII Anniversary of the “Liberation of Madrid’, at the Arco de la Victoria, in Madrid, Spain, 03/28/2021.
Activists of women’s rights organization Femen wear face masks and hold a banner reading “Male chauvinism” during a protest in Plaza Colon in Madrid, Spain, 03/05/2021.
The organization, which was founded in Ukraine in 2008 and now has chapters across Europe and beyond, aims to fight patriarchy through its trademark method of “sextremism,” topless protests against a range of women’s rights issues like sex tourism, reproductive freedom and discrimination.
Lara Alcazar, the leader of Femen Spain, has said she and fellow activists are “more than a naked body. We are naked, but we are fighting, screaming, running, climbing fences, mocking dictators such as Putin, Lukashenko or Erdogan. The bodies they wanted to keep passive, just for their own pleasure, are now active, reactive, free bodies that don’t represent anybody’s honor or property.”
Topless Femen activists hold banners in front of the La Salle Bonanova during the protest. Femen activists have protested against the Vox candidate, Ignacio Garriga, when he arrived at his polling station in Barcelona.
The activists have shouted with the naked torso and have shown banners that branded Garriga and Vox as “fascists”, while police officers pushed them away.
An activist of the women’s movement FEMEN took part in her performance to express solidarity with Polish women against the tightening of the abortion law in Poland. On 22 October the Constitutional court of Poland issued a ruling that more restricts abortion rights, which caused waves of protests in Poland.
