Women leaders fighting sexual harassment in a new movement, TIME'S UP, have raised more than $13 million from over 200 donors for a legal defense fund, to help to defray costs for lawyers and communications professionals who provide assistance to those who experience sexual harassment.
“We are a community of women and men who can no longer stand idly by,” says Tina Tchen, an attorney and co-founder of the fund. “This is the first of many concrete actions we will take. And we are thrilled to partner with Fatima Goss Graves and the National Women's Law Center to assure the TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund's success.”
The legal defense fund will help individuals who experience sexual misconduct find legal representation, and will be housed at and administered by the National Women's Law Center. Participating attorneys will work with the Center's Legal Network for Gender Equity to enable more individuals to come forward and secure legal assistance.
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
