Why are women wearing black to the Golden Globes?

Women attending the 2018 Golden Globes are planning to wear black on the red carpet.

Gal Gadot, Saoirse Ronan, Mary J. Blige and Allison Janney will all be dressed in the colour at tomorrow night's awards in support of the initiative Time's Up - aimed at supporting women who are bringing forward sexual harassment complaints in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

“I am one of those women, so, you know, I don’t want to go into detail about that and I haven’t, but I am, and I stand with those women. I champion them,” Blige, who earned a nomination for her supporting role in Mudbound, said this week. 

She said the protest was important because of the "many women that don't get a chance to speak in other industries that are not the film industry, the music industry. It’s important for us to stand up for them so they can get a chance to speak."

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Allison Janney said she would be "proud to be standing there with the other actresses". "I think it will be really powerful".

Janney stands with hundreds of other Hollywood women who formed the Time’s Up coalition, which launched on Monday with an open letter pledging support for women in the entertainment business and beyond — from janitors to health care workers.

Coming after the #MeToo movement - with many women coming forward to share their stories of harassment and assault in Hollywood and beyond - the organisation will include a legal defence fund and will advocate for legislation to combat workplace harassment. 

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Actress Holly Hunter said that now was the time for solidarity within the industry.

“I think that there’s a power there that can be reached no other way except for when people fly in formation, when they are together, when they act as one,” she said.