New Delhi
Following the recent resignation of Tina Tchen, several Timeâs Up board members will be exiting amid a reshuffling of the organizationâs leadership, reports confirm.
Reportedly, Shonda Rhimes, Eva Longoria, Jurnee Smollett, Katie McGrath, Christy Haubegger, Hilary Rosen, Michelle Kydd, and Timeâs Upâs interim board chair Nina Shaw will be exiting the organisation and giving up on their respective positions. A joint statement released on the gender-quality group's website was released, confirming the news.
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However, other members like Colleen DeCourcy, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, Ashley Judd and Gabrielle Sulzberger will retain their positions in the board âto help ensure a smooth transition,â as per the statement.
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"TIMEâS UP was created to support the goal of safe, fair, dignified work for all women. It is crucial to us as a board that the organization remain in service to this seismic, global work to demand equity and disrupt systems that foster discrimination, harassment and abuse. We see the current crisis within TIMEâS UP as an important opportunity for growth and change," a part of the statement read.