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Facebook ha condiviso l'album di The Atlas of Beauty.
It's International Women’s Day! This year, Facebook Stories teamed up with The Atlas of Beauty to recognize six women who are doing their part to make the world a more equal place. Take a look. #IWD2016
Today is International Women’s Day, a time to celebrate women’s achievements and consider what more we need to do for equality in the world.
I partnered with F...acebook Stories on a project to recognize this day. In three weeks I traveled to six countries to interview and photograph inspiring women who, in part through Facebook, are creating opportunities for other women. They, like so many others, are making the world a more equal place.
Please read their stories and join me at 1:30 p.m. EST/8:30 p.m. EET when I will be broadcasting live from Facebook with Callie Schweitzer from TIME.
Facebook ha condiviso il live video di Mark Zuckerberg.
Hello from Berlin! Mark just wrapped up his Townhall Q&A in one of his favorite cities. Watch him answer interesting questions and tackle fascinating topics with friends from all across Europe.










!["Þórunn Antonía Magnúsdóttir is uniting women in Iceland through a Facebook group focused on positivity and changing the narrative that women are catty and don't support one another. The group has more than 50,000 members, which is astonishing, considering that this is nearly a third of Iceland's female population.
I met Thorunn in her hometown, Reykjavik, during a freezing day. But her warm and positive personality made me forget instantly about the coldness.
Thorunn is a popular singer and songwriter in Iceland. She was a TV host and a judge for Iceland's Got Talent. But her life suddenly changed when she got pregnant.
During her pregnancy, Thorunn went through dramatic moments. She lost her vision and experienced nosebleeds and terrible headaches.
She was misdiagnosed in the early stages, and her life was in great danger. But she didn't let this bring her down. She remained strong and positive and the doctors came with the accurate diagnosis just in time to save her and her baby's life. She was suffering from a very rare obstetric complication, called HELLP syndrome.
Thorunn describes the moment of her daughter's birth as a miracle. They were both healthy and together they overcame that terrible challenge.
The pregnancy and the first months of her daughter's life made Thorunn see things in a different perspective. She remembered her childhood and adolescence when she had doubts about herself, thinking she was not good or beautiful enough, compared with women she saw in the media.
Thorunn says that she wants her daughter to look in the mirror and be happy and confident with what she sees. To focus on her intelligence, abilities and passions, instead of trying to be somebody else.
After she became a mother, Thorunn started to feel more connected with other women. One night, in December 2015, she was thinking about how much energy women spend working against each other when they should be supporting one another. She decided to start a Facebook group called "Góða Systir" (meaning “Good Sister”). She thought it would be a group for a few people she knew, but after inviting 50 friends, the group took off. She says in about three days, more than 50,000 women had joined.
She believes that women can make so much more progress toward gender equality by working together, and the first step is to reduce the feelings of insecurity and competition among them, which her group aims to do every day.
Thorunn noticed that in the Western world many women become defeminized. Some think that we’re supposed to be strong by acting like man, she says, but we possess a lot of strength and power in our femininity and we should celebrate that. Sometimes, talking about your emotions and problems is considered a sign of weakness, but Thorunn created the Good Sister group where women can share honestly their worries and dreams. Thorunn herself shared her intense experience of pregnancy and childbirth. Each month the group also raises money for a member in need.
Thorunn believes that all women in the world should be like sisters and she dreams about a bright future for her daughter. And she's already building it.
Icelandic speakers can join Góða Systir here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1647141338899488 Visit Thorunn's band page @[130640883677928:274:Þórunn Antonía = Thorunn Antonia] and listen to the new record she released on International Women's Day."](https://ssr-www.pages.dev/web/20160331143001im_/https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/s851x315/12802740_1065294260178634_7077094646145240300_n.jpg?oh=ec74e1054096d007c85ca5149b56e590&oe=577E7F2A&kwid=1tfa-bq%2560kjuf-lqd)


