What’s Current: Distress signal developed by domestic violence advocates in Canada helps save life of missing US teen

  • A missing teenager is rescued in Kentucky after signaling for help with a viral hand gesture known to represent domestic violence, invented by the Canadian Women’s Foundation.
  • Women Yazidis who survived genocide and sexual violence have yet to receive reparations, continuing to live in unsafe conditions without financial support.
  • Professor Kathleen Stock joins the University of Austin in the U.S. after being driven from the University of Sussex for being openly gender critical.
  • Claims that a British soldier admitted to the high-profile killing of a Kenyan woman in 2012 has reignited publicity around her murder.
Meghan McCarty

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