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Emma Watson’s $1 million donation supported UK harassment services
In 2018, Emma Watson donated $1 million to a UK fund set up after the #MeToo and TIME’S UP UK movements.
The Justice and Equality Fund, developed with TIME’S UP UK and Rosa, supported services for people facing sexual harassment and abuse.
It says 46,100 women and girls received support through services including advice lines and advocacy.
The fund also says more than 20,000 professionals were trained, including over 9,000 police professionals.
It awarded 59 grants to charities and grassroots groups across the UK.
Its work included helping establish Northern Ireland’s first rape crisis service in more than a decade and contributing to advocacy around a 2023 law requiring employers to take steps to prevent sexual harassment.
The fund’s reported work combined direct support with wider changes to services, training and workplace protections.
Emma Watson donated $1 million in 2018 to the UK’s Justice and Equality Fund.
The fund was created in response to the #MeToo and TIME'S UP UK movements.
Its impact report said it reached 46,100 women and girls through support services, advice lines and advocacy.
The fund said it trained more than 20,000 professionals, including more than 9,000 police professionals.
It awarded about 59 grants across the UK and supported services and advocacy related to sexual harassment.
- Who
- Emma Watson donated the money to the Justice and Equality Fund.
- What
- She donated $1 million to support anti-harassment services, survivor support and structural reform.
- When
- In 2018.
- Where
- The United Kingdom.
- Why
- The fund was created in response to the #MeToo and TIME'S UP UK movements.
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Emma Watson donated $1 million to the Justice and Equality Fund.
The fund published an impact report describing services, training and grants it had supported.
- Donation
- $1 million
- Donation year
- 2018
- Women and girls reached
- 46,100
- Professionals trained
- More than 20,000
- Grants awarded
- About 59 across the UK