- Head of USA swimming*, Cynthia Millen, has resigned in protest against the inclusion of males into women’s sports.
- China is considering draft regulations that would clearly define sexual harassment in the workplace for the first time.
- Women’s rights activists are pressuring the government of Greece to introduce legislation that would make femicide an offense under the nation’s penal code. Women in Greece are battling a dramatic rise in domestic violence coupled with a spike in the number of femicides.
- Another woman has come forward with sexual assault allegations against former Sex and the City actor Chris Noth, making her the fourth woman to do so this month.
- Canadian killer Marcello Palma, who was convicted of brutally murdering three sex trafficked women in 2001, has been granted day parole.
*Editor’s note: Cynthia Millen is a USA Swimming official, not the head of USA Swimming