Why the UK has set up a separate fund to further the Time’s Up movement

Time’s Up. These two words have reverberated across the globe since over 300 women in Hollywood joined forces to form a movement to combat systemic sexual harassment across all workplaces. 

The initiative— launched by the biggest names in the U.S. entertainment industry—has raised $21 million for its legal defence fund in the past month alone. 

Across the Atlantic ocean, British actors, directors, and producers have followed in the footsteps of their U.S. counterparts by setting up a UK fund to “end a culture where harassment and abuse are commonplace.” While inspired by their U.S. sisters, this UK chapter of Time’s Up will not be a mirror image of the legal defence fund.  Read more…

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