Articles by Inna Shevchenko

Inna Shevchenko is leader of the feminist protest group FEMEN, which often makes headline news across the world for demonstrating topless. Visit the Femen website or Twitter feed, or Inna's personal Twitter account, to find out more.

Religion has waged war on our vaginas, breasts and abdomens – it's time for this to end

Women's rights are sacrificed on the altar of political and religious correctness.

Jul 28, 2017

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Marine Le Pen is a fake feminist - she exploits women's rights to fuel her racist agenda

Le Pen is an anti-woman candidate, despite her claims to the contrary.

Mar 8, 2017

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100 years ago women marched for suffrage – now we must rise against Trump

Let this day become the inauguration of the fight for a new anti-patriarchy, anti-populist world.

Jan 20, 2017

The burkini is sexist - but ban women from wearing it and we're no better than a dictatorship

This decision mirrors the tactic of Islamic theocratic regimes' morality police.

Aug 16, 2016

Isis

Kiev Pride 2016: Why are Ukraine's politicians silent on attacks against LGBT people?

Every year, LGBT activists are humiliated and attacked by conservatives, and it's ignored by politicians.

Jun 11, 2016

Vladimir Putin

Turkey's women need to revolt against sexist dictator Recep Erdogan

Women are the main driving revolutionary force in any society, therefore they are the first to be oppressed.

Jun 7, 2016

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Hijab Day: There's no such thing as a feminist who supports the hijab

Anyone is free to express their support for male domination - but don't call it freedom, or feminism.

Apr 22, 2016

Air France flight attendants looks at a slide show in New York June 25, 2014.

Air France: Making staff wear headscarves is an attack on the freedom of women everywhere

Air France betrayed Western values and insulted Iranian women who campaign against this oppressive law.

Apr 5, 2016

Iran

Europe is divided into two gangs of fools - the racist right and the regressive left

There is a middle ground on the migrant crisis - you can criticise religion without being racist.

Feb 19, 2016

EU Referendum

Cologne sex attacks: If feminists and liberals remain silent, xenophobes will write their own history

Many refugees come from a culture of patriarchal norms, and Europe needs an appropriate system of integration.

Jan 11, 2016

Paris attacks: It is not enough for Muslims to say that Isis does not represent Islam

European Muslims must take responsibility for the roots of fundamentalism

Nov 18, 2015

Isis Islamic State

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus: Europe should not reward dictator Aleksander Lukashenko for sham elections

The EU is poised to remove its sanctions from the dictatorship nation at a pivotal moment.

Oct 12, 2015

Giving Russia the top job at the UN is an Orwellian nightmare and a betrayal of global peace efforts

Vladimir Putin and his cohorts have used their UN position to thwart efforts for peace in Syria and Ukraine

Sep 4, 2015

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Inna Shevchenko: Legalising the sex trade will only make pimps and criminals richer

Amnesty International's lobbying for prostitution to be made legal is shameful.

Aug 7, 2015

Migrant crisis: What if there were no borders, no nationalities and we were all equal citizens of the world?

Europe's treatment of migrants is shameful and betrays its founding philosophy, says Inna Shevchenko

Jul 13, 2015

'Are you normal, or a lesbian?': How Moroccan morons attempted to silence our gay rights protest

Ridiculous questions from Moroccan interrogators showed the country is trapped in a bigoted timewarp.

Jun 9, 2015

Vladimir Putin 15 years: Putin represents the final dying breath of Russian Tsarism

Putin will cause his own downfall - and bring to an end the 100-year decline of Imperial Russia.

May 6, 2015

Vladimir Putin

As Britain prepares for 2015 election, let me lay out the FEMEN manifesto

We've created our own manifesto - and it's slightly different the ones you've read from David Cameron and Ed Miliband.

Apr 24, 2015

Election 2015 Vladimir Putin

Supporters of Communism assemble in Moscow's Red Square

Ukraine's Communism ban will fuel Nazi propaganda and far-right support

The 'ghost of Communism' is easy PR win for Ukraine government, but ban will be hugely damaging.

Apr 8, 2015

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All hail Marine Le Pen, the feminist champion of modern France

Le Pen is a modern-day Napoleon and we should salute her. As long as you ignore her horrific views on women.

Mar 27, 2015

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