Anna Hutsol
{{Short description|Ukrainian feminist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Hutsol
Ганна Гуцол
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| caption = Hutsol in 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|16|df=y}}
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| birth_place = Murmansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| occupation = Activist
| years_active = 2008–present
}}
Anna HutsolAnna Hutsol uses the Russian version (for example on her [http://echo.msk.ru/blog/hutsol/ Personal blog] on Echo of Moscow) of her first name (Анна), rather than the Ukrainian version (Ганна; Hanna) and spells her name in English as 'Anna Hutsol' on [http://www.facebook.com/anna.hutsol her Facebook page] (Anna Vasylivna Hutsol;{{cite web|url=http://femen.info/about/|title=FEMEN / ФЕМЕН|publisher=}} born 16 October 1984{{in lang|ru}} [http://press.rbc.ua/online/id/242/ Он-лайн конференция с Гуцол Анной Васильевной, основательницей и лидером женского движения FEMEN] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816171144/http://press.rbc.ua/online/id/242/ |date=16 August 2011}}, RBK Ukraine (23 July 2010)) 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.Ackerman, Gail (2013), Femen (Calmann-Levy), pp 45, 46. {{ISBN|9782702144589}}.Both Russia and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union since 1920 till Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991; Hutsol's parents moved to Ukraine at the end of 1991. (Sources: [https://books.google.com/books?id=BNUtdVrw6lIC&dq=16+July+1991+Ukrainian+state+sovereignty.&pg=PA722 A History of Ukraine • The Land and Its Peoples], by Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto Press, 2010, {{ISBN|1442610212}} (pages 563/564 & 722/723) & Ackerman, Gail (2013), Femen (Calmann-Levy), pp 45, 46, {{ISBN|9782702144589}}.) She is an economist{{cite news|last=Bidder|first=Benjamin|title=The Entire Ukraine Is a Brothel|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/kiev-s-topless-protestors-the-entire-ukraine-is-a-brothel-a-760697.html|newspaper={{lang|de|Der Spiegel}}|date=5 May 2011}} and a former assistant to singer Tina Karol.{{in lang|ru}} [http://focus.ua/society/224236/ Игры на раздевание. Femen завоевывает симпатии мужчин и теряет поддержку феминисток Games on the strip. Femen winning the sympathies of men and losing the support of feminists], Focus (27 March 2012)
Hutsol founded FEMEN in 2008 after she became attuned to the sad stories of Ukrainian women duped by false promises from abroad:[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/29898/ Feminine Femen targets 'sexpats'], Kyiv Post (22 May 2009) "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."[http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20090828-how-they-protest-prostitution-ukraine-femen-sex-tourism How they protest prostitution in Ukraine], France 24 (28 August 2009) 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.{{cite web|last=Balmforth |first=Richard |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-femen-idUSTRE6AE1FB20101115 |title=Ukraine's topless group widens political role |publisher=Reuters |date=15 November 2010 |access-date=1 September 2012}} The group started protesting against prostitution in Ukraine{{cite news|last=Popova |first=Yuliya |title=Feminine Femen targets 'sexpats' |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/feminine-femen-targets-sexpats-29898.html |newspaper=Kyiv Post |date=25 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912044517/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/feminine-femen-targets-sexpats-29898.html |archive-date=12 September 2012 }}{{cite news|title=How they protest prostitution in Ukraine|url=http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20090828-how-they-protest-prostitution-ukraine-femen-sex-tourism|newspaper=France 24|date=28 August 2009}} and broadened their agenda to women's rights and civil rights in Ukraine and around the world.{{cn|date=July 2020}}
Hutsol wanted to seek representation for FEMEN in the Verkhovna Rada in January 2011;{{cite news|last=Magnay|first=Diana|title=Topless feminist protesters show what they're made of|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01/21/femen.topless.protest/index.html?_s=PM:WORLD|newspaper=CNN|date=21 January 2011|access-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021355/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-21/world/femen.topless.protest_1_protest-bare-breasts-parliament-building?_s=PM:WORLD|archive-date=6 October 2012|url-status=live}} but FEMEN did not take part in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/wp400?PT001F01=900 Information on the registration of electoral lists of candidates] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121222055848/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2012/wp400?PT001F01=900 |date=22 December 2012 }}, Central Election Commission of Ukraine[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20028797 Ukraine's Femen: Topless protests 'help feminist cause'], BBC News (23 October 2012)
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.[http://www.rferl.org/content/femen-activist-detained-russian-airport/24773458.html Femen Report Leader Detained At Russian Airport], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (17 November 2012) She was deported back to her point of departure Paris.[http://en.ria.ru/russia/20121117/177541860.html Ukrainian Activist Denied Entry to Russia], RIA Novosti (17 November 2012).
[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/femens-leader-hanna-hutsol-barred-from-russia-316264.html Femen's leader, Hanna Hutsol, barred from Russia], Kyiv Post (17 November 2012).
Late August 2013 Shevchenko and several fellow FEMEN-members have fled out of Ukraine fearing for their lives and freedom.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2013/10/23/7000584/ У колишньому офісі Femen відкрили книжкову крамницю In the former office Femen opened a bookstore], Ukrayinska Pravda (23 October 2013){{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2013/08/31/6997008/ Активістки Femen втекли з України Femen activists fled from Ukraine], Ukrayinska Pravda (31 August 2013){{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2013/08/27/6996762/ Femen закриє офіс в Україні, але діяльність не припинить Femen closes office in Ukraine, however, the activities do not stop], Ukrayinska Pravda (27 August 2013) Hutsol requested for asylum in Switzerland in 2013, but the authorities rejected her request on 27 March 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.ch/20140327/topless-protest-group-founder-denied-swiss-asylum|title=Topless protest group founder denied asylum|date=27 March 2014|publisher=}}
Filmography
- Nos seins, nos armes! (Our breasts, our weapons!), documentary film (Length: {{Duration|1|10}}), written and directed by Caroline Fourest and Nadia El Fani, produced by Nilaya Productions, aired on France 2 on 5 March 2013.{{cite web|url=http://television.telerama.fr/tele/programmes-tv/nos-seins-nos-armes,48577030.php |title=Nos seins, nos armes (2012) - Documentaire - L'essentiel - Télérama.fr |publisher=Television.telerama.fr |date= March 2013|access-date=29 September 2013}}
- Everyday Rebellion, documentary film (Length: {{Duration|1|58}}), written and directed by the Riahi Brothers Arash T. Riahi and Arman Riahi, Austria / Switzerland / Germany, 2013, world premiere at Copenhagen International Documentary Festival on 13 November 2013.
- Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
- Je Suis Femen (I Am Femen), 2014, documentary film, written and directed by Alain Margot.{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3907394/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|title = Imdb: Je Suis Femen (2014)|date = |website = IMDb|publisher = |last = |first = }}
See also
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/FemenLight Anna Hutsol] - YouTube
- [http://www.echo.msk.ru/blog/hutsol/ Personal blog], Echo of Moscow {{in lang|ru}}.
- {{cite news|last=Antonova|first=Natalia|title=FEMEN's Anna Gutsol on sex tourism and short skirts in Ukraine|url=http://globalcomment.com/2009/femens-anna-gutsol-on-sex-tourism-and-short-skirts-in-ukraine/|newspaper=Global Comment|date=11 September 2009}}
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Category:Ukrainian people of Jewish descent