Stars to keep up fight for equality
Female stars are reaf f irming their pledge to tackle sex haras sment and discrimination that “plagues” the UK film industry.
The campaign for equal representation of female talent in showbiz was launched last year, with Emma Watson, Gemma Ar t e r ton and Kei ra Knightley among those backing Time’s Up UK.
Leading voices in British film will continue the fight into a second yea r, launching Time’s Up UK X2.
Dame Heather Rabbatts, chairwoman of Time’s Up UK, said: “We won’t stop fighting until there is gender balance in leadership, until there is equal representation both on and off screen and until all women have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
“That ’ s why, at the beginning of our second year, we are launching Time’s Up X2 in the UK to double the number of women in film, both on and off screen and across other spaces where women are under-represented.”
The campaign was launched in response to allegations against f ilm producer Harvey Weinstein and the impact of the Me Too movement.
Time’s Up UK began in 2018 with a donation of £1million from Harry Potter actress Watson. More than 400 donors contributed.
The announcement of a renewed campaign comes ahead of the Baftas, for which 48 women received nominations.