What’s Current: ‘C**t’ painted across Catherine McKenna’s campaign office

  • MP Catherine McKenna’s office was vandalized with the slur, “cunt.” When asked if the incident makes her second-guess her decision to enter politics McKenna said:

“No. In fact, it makes it just so clear why it’s so important to go into politics. Some people clearly want to chase women out of politics — that’s not going to make politics any better.”

  • Bangladesh has sentenced 16 people to death for the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a 19-year-old student who died after being set on fire for claiming she had been sexually harassed by her school principal.
  • A group of sex offenders are suing a Georgia sheriff for planting signs in their yards warning trick-or-treaters not to visit their homes on Halloween.
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club agrees to build women’s changing rooms at St Andrews for the first time, five years after it began accepting female members.
  • Amnesty International calls on Jordan to end what it calls an “abusive system” that jails women who disobey male guardians or have relationships deemed inappropriate.
Meghan McCarty

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