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Hollywood women form Time’s Up, a coalition to fight sexual misconduct

That last priority includes the creation of a legal defense fund, run by the National Women's Law Center, to support victims who otherwise couldn't afford to stand up for themselves against sexual harassment, assault or...

Sexual Harassment Prevention Initiative Time’s up Launched by Hollywood Women

The legal defense fund, spearheaded by Tina Tchen and Roberta Kaplan and top PR professionals, will help individuals who experience sexual misconduct including assault, abuse or harassment find legal representation. It will be housed at...

Hollywood Powerhouses Form All-Female Group to Combat Sexual Harassment

Time’s Up has thus far established a $13 million legal defense fund, housed by the National Women’s Law Center, to help working class women protect themselves from the fallout of reporting sexual harassment or abuse...

What I’ve learned covering sexual misconduct this year

“Harassers prey upon the fact that typically women working a low-wage job will be seen as very replaceable,” Emily Martin, vice president for workplace justice at the National Women’s Law Center, told Lockhart. “If you...

Women are rarely accused of sexual harassment, and there’s a reason why

Emily Martin, general counsel and vice president for workplace justice at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, who handles workplace sexual harassment issues, agrees that women harassers are a "minority of cases" because women...

How House members quietly sidestep harassment claims

"It's extremely troubling that there's all these different ways of avoiding even minimal oversight,” said Emily Martin, general counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. The Office of House Employment Counsel “seems to be a...