Feminist Looking Glass

Two weeks ago, the Ukraine parliament backed the president’s recommendation and appointed Nikolay Azarov as the country’s new Prime Ministe.  He replaces Yullia Timoshenko after she and her cabinet were officially dismissed. The Ukrainian women’s group Femen claims that Azarov discriminates against women and is calling for action against him.  Specifically, Femen claims that, on [...]

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A feminist group (FEMEN) in the Ukraine has staged a number of events to raise awareness of women’s rights.  Many of the events have included taking off some of their clothes.  (See also this article from the Kyiv Post.)  Most recently, a group of four women from FEMEN entered an election site in Kieve (Kyiv) [...]

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