A group of activists with the Ukranian women's rights organization FEMEN over the weekend took off their shirts in protesting against ongoing sexual violence and forced “hijabization” of Iranian women, the organizers said. It came after reports that the Iranian government was to send toddlers to chastity courses and the importance of wearing the hijab classes. FEMEN had also recently held a nude protest at Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral calling for marriage equality. The action performed by members of the Iranian Communist Party and the Organization Against Violence on Women in Iran took place in the center of the Swedish capital, Stockholm on Sunday, and was dedicated to International Women's Day, which is celebrated on March 8. The women painted their bodies with slogans such as “My nudity is my protest" and “No to hijab" and displayed pictures from anti-Islamic demonstrations by FEMEN. The topless photos from Stockholm first appeared on FEMEN's official website, with members of the “sextremist" movement expressing their confidence that “in the historical battle ‘woman v. Islam' women will win!" BN