Baftas The Observer Actors and activists join forces on Bafta red carpet to call time on sexism Gemma Arterton, Tessa Thompson, Gemma Chan and Jodie Whittaker are among 190 signatories of letter demanding end to abuse and inequality Some of the 190 signatories to the letter: Wunmi Mosaku. We are only now waking up to the full scale of systematic abuse, inequity and sexual harassment based on gender and power – abuse that hurts us all. “In the very near past, we lived in a world where sexual harassment was an uncomfortable joke; an unavoidable awkward part of being a girl or a woman. “More than half of all women, and nearly two-thirds of women aged 18 to 24, say they have experienced sexual harassment at work. Let’s make 2018 the year that time was up on sexual harassment and abuse.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2018 00:05 UTC