Anna Hutsol
Ukrainian activist and founder of FEMEN
Anna Hutsol (Anna Vasylivna Hutsol; born 16 October 1984) is a Ukrainian activist and one of the founders of the radical feminist activist group FEMEN.
Biography
Hutsol was born in Russia but moved to Ukraine with her parents in 1991. She is an economist and a former assistant to singer Tina Karol.
Hutsol founded FEMEN in 2008 after she became attuned to the sad stories of Ukrainian women duped by false promises from abroad: "I set up FEMEN because I realised that there was a lack of women activists in our society; Ukraine is male-oriented and women take a passive role." According to Hutsol the skills she acquired during her time with Tina Karol have helped FEMEN's "public relations". FEMEN's main choice of action is topless demonstrations. The group started protesting against prostitution in Ukraine and broadened their agenda to women's rights and civil rights in Ukraine and around the world.
Hutsol wanted to seek representation for FEMEN in the Verkhovna Rada in January 2011; but FEMEN did not take part in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
On 16 November 2012 Hutsol was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation at Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg as a person barred from entering Russia. She was deported back to her point of departure Paris.
Late August 2013 Shevchenko and several fellow FEMEN-members have fled out of Ukraine fearing for their lives and freedom. Hutsol requested for asylum in Switzerland in 2013, but the authorities rejected her request on 27 March 2014.
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