In celebration of International Women’s Day, we look at five Facebook moments from the last year that will give you all the female empowerment feels.
Surviving Hijab
Becoming the first woman to complete in the New York marathon wearing the Nike Pro Hijab, Dubai-based Manal Rostom has always been making waves in the Arab world with the goal of normalising the hijab. So it may come as no surprise that her women-only Facebook community, Surviving Hijab, as now amassed more than 75,000 members and counting.
#MeToo
On October 15, 2017, the #MeToo movement began with more than 12 million posts, comments and reactions on Facebook in less than 24 hours as women bravely shared their stories about harassment and sexual assault.
#BodyPositivity
The #bodypositivity still goes strong with more than four million posts across Instagram with the hashtag. Women like former Cosmo cover star Ameni Esseibi, Cosmo’s editor in chief Milli Midwood, and Cosmo columnist Danae Mercer are among those leading the way.
Women’s March
On January 21st, the Women’s March on DC brought over 500,000 people together on and offline as the largest Facebook event for a single cause in 2017. This single event, sparked more than 15,000 other local events to be created in different cities across the globe, bringing millions of people together from over 100 different countries for one of the largest global movements in recent history.
Escape the Corset
The South Korean ‘Escape the Corset’ movement is rebuking rigid beauty standards and finding support from groups like Heavytalker on Instagram and Facebook.