What’s Current: Glasgow demonstration in support of Marion Millar draws hundreds of supporters

  • Hundreds gather in Glasgow for a demonstration in support of Marion Millar, a campaigner and mother who faces a hate crime charge and transphobia accusations for her feminist tweets.
  • Nearly two thirds of women in the U.K. military have experienced bullying, sexual harassment, and discrimination during their career, a landmark parliamentary report reveals. 
  • Norway’s women’s beach handball team is fined for wearing shorts rather than bikini bottoms at the European Beach Handball Championships. 
  • Experts warn a “shadow pandemic” of violence against women is raging across Canada, as the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability’s mid-year report shows 92 women and girls were killed primarily by men between January and June 2021.
Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is an undergraduate student and aspiring journalist living in the United States.