The group called NOW and led by Tracey Spicer, an Australian journalist and advocate, launched a crowd-funding campaign and drew its inspiration from the Time's Up movement where women celebrities spoke up amid the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations in the U.S.
The NOW Fund, however, is for anyone who has faced workplace abuse and will go to help victims with counselling and legal needs and in coming up with ways to abolish sexual harassment in the workplace.
Candy Bowers, an award-winning writer, actor, social-activist, comedian and producer, said it is especially important to empower women who may see themselves as powerless.
"Looking out for women who are hurting, who are less powerful and have less visibility is vital to shift this culture," Bowers said. "The wellbeing of women from lower economic backgrounds impacts on all of us. We need to change the power imbalance at the root, from the ground floor up."