Anna Hutsol

Anna Hutsol
Ганна Гуцол
Born Anna Hutsol
(1984-10-16) October 16, 1984
Murmansk, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation Activist
Years active 2008–present

Anna Hutsol[a 1] (Anna Vasylivna Hutsol;[1] born 16 October 1984[2]) is a Russian activist and founder of FEMEN.

Biography

Hutsol is of Jewish origin and was born in Russia but moved to Ukraine with her parents in 1991.[3][a 2] Hutsol is an economist[4] and a former assistant to singer Tina Karol.[5]

Hutsol founded FEMEN in 2008 after she became attuned to the sad stories of Ukrainian women duped by false promises from abroad:[6] "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."[7] According to Hutsol the skills she acquired during her time with Tina Karol have helped FEMEN's "public relations".[5] FEMEN's main choice of action is topless demonstrations.[8] The group started protesting against prostitution in Ukraine[9][10] and broadened their agenda to women's rights and civil rights in Ukraine and around the world.[11]

Hutsol wanted to seek representation for FEMEN in the Verkhovna Rada in January 2011;[12] but FEMEN did not take part in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[13][14]

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.[15][16] She was deported back to her point of departure Paris.[15]

Late August 2013 Shevchenko and several fellow FEMEN-members have fled out of Ukraine fearing for their lives and freedom.[17][18][19] Hutsol requested for asylum in Switzerland in 2013, but the authorities rejected her request on 27 March 2014.[20]

Filmography

  • "Nos seins, nos armes!" (Our breasts, our weapons!), documentary film (1hour 10 mins), written and directed by Caroline Fourest and Nadia El Fani, produced by Nilaya Productions, aired on France 2 on 5 March 2013.[21]
  • "Everyday Rebellion", documentary film (1hour 58 mins), 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 November 13, 2013.
  • Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
  • "Je Suis Femen" (I Am Femen), 2014, documentary film, written and directed by Alain Margot.[22]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Anna Hutsol uses the Russian version (for example on her 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 her Facebook page
  2. ↑ 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: 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.)

References

  1. ↑ FEMEN / ФЕМЕН
  2. ↑ (in Russian) Он-лайн конференция с Гуцол Анной Васильевной, основательницей и лидером женского движения FEMEN Archived August 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., RBK Ukraine (23 July 2010)
  3. ↑ Ackerman, Gail (2013), Femen (Calmann-Levy), pp 45, 46. ISBN 9782702144589.
  4. ↑ Bidder, Benjamin (5 May 2011). "'The Entire Ukraine Is a Brothel'". Der Spiegel.
  5. 1 2 (in Russian) 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)
  6. ↑ Feminine Femen targets 'sexpats', Kyiv Post (May 22, 2009)
  7. ↑ How they protest prostitution in Ukraine, France 24 (August 28, 2009)
  8. ↑ Balmforth, Richard (15 November 2010). "Ukraine's topless group widens political role". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  9. ↑ Popova, Yuliya (25 September 2008). "Feminine Femen targets 'sexpats'". Kyiv Post. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012.
  10. ↑ "How they protest prostitution in Ukraine". France 24. 28 August 2009.
  11. ↑ Preece, Rob (2 August 2012). "Ukrainian feminists stage topless protest near Tower Bridge over Olympic body's 'support for bloody Islamist regimes'". Daily Mail.
  12. ↑ Magnay, Diana (January 21, 2011). "Topless feminist protesters show what they're made of". CNN.
  13. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Information on the registration of electoral lists of candidates, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
  14. ↑ Ukraine's Femen: Topless protests 'help feminist cause', BBC News (23 October 2012)
  15. 1 2 Ukrainian Activist Denied Entry to Russia, RIA Novosti (17 November 2012).
    Femen's leader, Hanna Hutsol, barred from Russia, Kyiv Post (17 November 2012).
  16. ↑ Femen Report Leader Detained At Russian Airport, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (17 November 2012)
  17. ↑ (in Ukrainian) У колишньому офісі Femen відкрили книжкову крамницю In the former office Femen opened a bookstore, Ukrayinska Pravda (23 October 2013)
  18. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Активістки Femen втекли з України Femen activists fled from Ukraine, Ukrayinska Pravda (31 August 2013)
  19. ↑ (in Ukrainian) 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)
  20. ↑ http://www.thelocal.ch/20140327/topless-protest-group-founder-denied-swiss-asylum
  21. ↑ "Nos seins, nos armes (2012) - Documentaire - L'essentiel - Télérama.fr". Television.telerama.fr. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  22. ↑ "Imdb: Je Suis Femen (2014)".
  • Anna Hutsol - YouTube
  • Personal blog, Echo of Moscow (in Russian).
  • Antonova, Natalia (September 11, 2009). "FEMEN's Anna Gutsol on sex tourism and short skirts in Ukraine". Global Comment.
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