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Ayesha Hazarika

Ayesha Hazarika: The next stage of #MeToo has to tackle noxious silencing of victims

The Justice and Equality Fund has awarded more than £1 million to help women who have experienced sexual harassment and abuse

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I highly recommend a new film, She Said, about how Harvey Weinstein was exposed and brought down in 2017. It’s a reminder of that a huge moment, and how it turbo-charged the #MeToo movement (created by Tarana Burke in 2006).

The film is a story of female courage from the actresses who spoke out, including Ashley Judd, to New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who slaved away to get the story to press. But two other key figures are Zelda Perkins and Rowena Chiu, who worked for Weinstein. He sexually assaulted Chiu at the Venice Film Festival and Perkins confronted him about it. They both paid a heavy price.

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