FEMEN, an international women’s rights movement, staged a powerful protest in Paris for 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, drawing attention as 100 topless women demanded an end to the ‘War against Women’.
Feminist slogans, including ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ in the French, Kurdish, and English languages, were daubed in bold black lettering across the women’s chests.
Action d’une centaine de @Femen_France à Paris pour dénoncer les violences faites aux femmes dans le monde pic.twitter.com/sSZ4tei7kA
— CLPRESS / Agence de presse (@CLPRESSFR) November 24, 2024
“On November 24, 2024, 100 activists from #FEMEN and the #MLF [Women’s Liberation Movement] from various countries made an uncompromising statement from Paris to all women oppressed by theocracies, wars, and dictatorships,” the group posted on X.
The action comes as global demonstrations aim to raise awareness of the scale of violence against women, its causes and solutions. Protestors in France have faced heavy-handed police intervention.
