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More than $13M raised for sexual harassment legal defense fund

Women leaders fighting sexual harassment in a new movement, TIME'S UP, have created the fund to help to defray costs for lawyers and communications professionals who provide assistance to those who experience sexual harassment.

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | Updated on January 03, 2018
TIME'S UP was formed as a central hub supporting a wide range of initiatives aimed at promoting equality and safety in the workplace.. (Photo: TimesUpNow.com)

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.”

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

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.

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