Time's Up Legal Defense Fund has already helped 1,500 women file lawsuits

Reese Witherspoon.
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While speaking at the United Nations headquarters on Thursday, Reese Witherspoon announced that Time's Up, the campaign launched by women in the entertainment industry to fight sexual harassment in the workplace, has been able to assist 1,500 women since it started in January.

The Time's Up Legal Defense Fund has received more than $20 million, Witherspoon said, and helped 1,500 women file harassment suits against their employers for abuse and assault. The response has been "incredible," Witherspoon said, and proof "we are no longer to be harassed, we are no longer going to be mistreated or discriminated against. We are going to create more opportunity for each other."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.