
religious institutions, international marriage agencies, perceived sexism and other social, national and international topics. In October 2012 the organization claimed it had about 40 activists in Ukraine, and another 100 who had joined their protests abroad,as well as tens of thousands of supporters via the social network Vkontakte.
The organisation has stated that its goals are: "To develop leadership, intellectual and moral qualities of the young women in Ukraine" and "To build up the image of Ukraine, the country with great opportunities for women FEMEN activists have been regularly detained by the Ukrainian police in response to their protests
FEMEN has several international branches.
From late 2011 the Ukranian FEMEN activists started to do more international protests.In December 2011 three FEMEN activists claimed that the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus had abducted and terrorized them after they staged topless protests .
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