Report demands "advancement of religion" is scrapped as a charitable purposeScotland’s charity regulator has come under fire for allegedly failing to take action against charities which promote misogyny. In Scotland, it is claimed that OSCR has repeatedly refused to penalise religious charities promoting misogyny. The report highlighted how many charities promoting misogyny have received public funding through gift aid, government grants or government contracts. NSS head of campaigns Megan Manson, who authored the report, said: “Our research has found a serious and widespread issue of religious charities promoting, condoning or signposting various forms of misogyny. “Government’s initiatives to tackle misogyny are welcome – but they are doomed to fail if we cannot root out misogyny from the charity sector.