Women who broke silence about harassment are "Person of the Year"

In 2017, the Time magazine honors go to those who revealed their stories of harassment and encouraged thousands of others to do the same

- The people who broke the silence and encouraged thousands to report cases sexual harassment world over were named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine . "The voices that launched a movement," presented the cover story, released on Wednesday morning and featuring a group of women including singer Taylor Swift and actress Ashley Judd.

The award, which is given every year since 1927, comes after an intense movement led by Hollywood stars and brought to the forefront dozens of cases of harassment and sexual abuse perpetrated by industry bigwigs such as producer Harvey Weinstein . In addition to women, the report also included actor Terry Crews, who came to the public as a victim of these crimes

Movie stars are supposed to be nothing like you and me," reads the story at the beginning of the story that tells the story of each of them in detail and explains how the strength of their voices are changing the way the world looks at those cases , "But in the end, in the most painful and personal ways, movie stars are more like you and me than we ever knew."

The final list of names that the magazine considered for the post also had the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, who occupies the spotlight in the world sphere due to the strengthening of the country's nuclear program and the frequent clashes with the President of the United States, Donald Trump (also a finalist), and Xi Jinping, president of China.