Ever since the publication of a damning report two weeks ago, revealing the decades-long history of sexual harassment and abuse accusations against producer Harvey Weinstein, several women have spoken out about their own experiences of abuse at the hands of Hollywood’s male heavyweights.

So when many of the industry’s women came together on Monday (16 October) at the Elle Women in Hollywood Celebration in Los Angeles, it is no surprise some of them, including Reese Witherspoon and Margot Robbie, took the opportunity to speak publicly about their own experiences of sexual abuse and discuss the wider issues that women face across the film industry.

Elle’s editor-in-chief Nina Garcia opened the evening by paying tribute to “every woman who has suffered sexual harassment; every woman who has stood up to a powerful man and said that what he is doing is wrong.”

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