The first lady, whose husband has faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour, also said women should have solid evidence to support their claims.

“I support the women, and they need to be heard,” she said. “We need to support them, and also men, not just women.”

Mrs Trump sat for a rare interview with US TV network ABC while she was in Kenya during her tour of Africa. The trip made as many headlines for her wardrobe as her support of American aid to the continent.

She was asked about her attitude to the #MeToo movement days after her husband won a bruising battle to install Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court despite allegations of sexual assault.

Both Mr Kavanaugh and Mr Trump have denied the accusations against them.

Mrs Trump said women also had a responsibility to back their claims with evidence.

“We need to have a really hard evidence that if you’re accused of something, show the evidence. I do stand with women. But we need to show the evidence,” she said. “You cannot just say to somebody, I was sexually assaulted, or you did that to me, because sometimes, the media goes too far.”

She also revealed how America’s polarised political climate is affecting her efforts to promote good causes. She said a number of organisations had turned down her invitations to work together, decisions she ascribed to attitudes towards her husband’s administration.

“I feel like they’re choosing the politics over helping others,” she said. “I would not talk about it, they know who they are, I don’t want to put them out in front of the world, but they know who they are.”

ABC is due to broadcast the full interview on Friday.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/10/melania-trump-says-metoo-women-should-back-allegations-evidence/

In a survey was carried out to coincide with World Obesity Day, with four out of five of those questioned believing people are viewed negatively if they are overweight.

Maggie Clinton, now aged 65, has suffered discrimination since childhood when she was even picked on by a teacher and it got no better when she entered the world of work as a nurse and later a senior lecturer in paediatrics.

"On one occasion I was told I had to go and buy my own uniform - that they didn't have one to fit me - and I felt completely demoralised and terribly, terribly upset," she said.

"On another occasion, I was asked by HR if I would agree to have a clause put in my contract to say that if I had sickness that was directly related to my weight my employer would not necessarily pay me sick leave... that was shocking... shocking."

But Maggie is far from alone.

More than a 1,000 obese adults were asked about their experiences in the survey by the World Obesity Federation and 45% said they had felt judged when going to hospitals and the doctors, 32% had the same experience at the gym with 31% feeling judged at work.

In another question, nearly two thirds of people (62%) said they thought those who were overweight were likely to face discrimination, compared to 60% due to their ethnic background and 56% for their sexual orientation.

Dr Stuart Flint, a psychologist with a focus on the psycho-social effects of obesity, says it is easy for people to point the finger but that for many, losing weight is far tougher than simply exercising more and eating less.

"We know there are over 100 different factors that contribute to overweight and obesity and it's time the public were really given the information they deserve... that obesity is complex... it's not simple," he said.

Susie Birney was about to lose her sight due to diabetes when she had gastric bypass surgery and lost 13 stone.

Even at her heaviest, she was fit enough to swim a mile but spent most of her time hiding at home. The answer, she says, is to educate the public.

"People looking at you confirm what you felt about yourself. You didn't want that reminder that you didn't like yourself very much... that it was your fault.

"The more patients speak out the more people will understand."

Johanna Ralston, Chief Executive of the World Obesity Federation says the media has job to do "to reshape the narrative around obesity" with a campaign called #endweightstigma being launched.

"Changing the narrative around diseases and conditions can transform public perceptions and improve quality of life and outcomes for patients," she said.

https://news.sky.com/story/i-dont-need-reminding-i-dont-like-myself-campaign-to-end-the-stigma-of-obesity-11523168

QUESTIONS:

I. What clause does the Human Ressources wanted to put in Maggie's contract?
a. a clause which allows her employer not necessarily pay her in sick leave.
b. a clause which allows her to be paid at every sick leave.
c. a clause which allows her to demand money from HR.
d. a clause which allows HR to demand money from Maggie.

II. What percent people said they had felt judged at their jobs?
a. 45%
b. 31%
c. 62%
d. 100%

III. What did the Dr Stuart Flint say about losing weight?
a. people need to eat more and exercise less.
b. it's much more than eating more and exercising less.
c. people need to eat less and exercise more.
d. it's much more than eating less and exercising more.

IV. How many stone did Susie Birney lose?
a. 65
b. 15
c. 13
d. 22

There have been months — or is it years now? — of bad news about the social network. Last month, Facebook revealed that a security vulnerability exposed up to 50 million accounts to being hijacked by hackers. Through the vulnerability, a hacker could take over your account — meaning anything you ever posted on Facebook, or even apps that you connected with using your Facebook account, could have been infiltrated.

The company said in a statement that it was investigating the incident and would share updates. “People’s privacy and security is incredibly important, and we’re sorry this happened,” the company said Wednesday. “It’s why we took immediate action to secure people’s accounts and fix the vulnerability.”

The breach followed a scandal involving Cambridge Analytics, the voter-profiling firm that got its hands on the private data belonging to millions of Facebook users. And maybe you are just tired of the partisan yammering and updates from the six-degrees-of-friends.

I have some firsthand experience with all of this. After the disclosure of Facebook’s breach, I felt my trust in the social network was broken. So I pulled out my data from Facebook and purged the account. What I found out about the process: The more you have integrated Facebook into your life, the more time-consuming it will be to delete it.

To make account deletion as painless as possible, here is a step-by-step guide. I also included steps on breaking up with Instagram, Facebook’s photo-sharing app, for those looking for a cleaner getaway.


Step 1: Assess what you might lose

Before you commit to breaking up with Facebook, it’s important to handicap the potential collateral damage. Some products and services are deeply integrated with Facebook and could become difficult to use without the social networking account. 
The quickest way to test the waters is to deactivate your Facebook account, which is essentially an account suspension that can immediately be reversed. To deactivate, you simply click through your settings and select “Manage Your Account.” Then click the button marked “Deactivate your account.” When I did that, I noticed I could no longer run Instagram ads to promote my dog's Instagram account because the advertising tools are directly tied to Facebook. So if you are a business owner who advertises products on Instagram, deleting Facebook would cut off that marketing channel. Deactivating my account also broke access to apps and websites that I used my Facebook account to sign up for. I found I could no longer easily get into Pinterest because I had used my Facebook account to register for the virtual scrapbooking service. To regain access, I reactivated my Facebook account and then went into my Pinterest settings. Once there, I disconnected the Pinterest account from Facebook and reset my Pinterest password. Then I logged back in to Pinterest with my email address instead. For other apps, like Spotify and ChefSteps, I similarly disconnected the apps from my Facebook account. Then I reset the passwords for those services to regain access with my email address.
Doing all of that was a pain. But the exercise was worth it to ensure I wouldn’t break my accounts for other sites.

Step 2: Download your data

Now that I knew I could safely delete Facebook, I started pulling my data out of the social network. That means any personal information that I had collected in my account, including my photos, message transcripts and friends list, and that I did not already have copies of elsewhere. To help with this, Facebook offers a comprehensive tool called Download Your Information, which can be found in the site's settings. Using this tool, you can decide what types of data you want to grab. I requested a copy of all my data. Facebook took about an hour to assemble all the information into one file that measured about 700 megabytes. The file took about 10 minutes to download, and the information was organized into folders for different types of data, like photos, search history and messages. Pulling your information off Facebook doesn’t mean you are removing it from the company’s servers, though. More on that in a bit.

Step 3: Hit the delete button

After making sure I had a copy of all the Facebook data I cared about, it was time to do the deed. In Facebook’s settings menu, I clicked the button “Your Facebook information” and then clicked “Delete Your Account and Information.” Finally, I clicked on the blue “Delete Account" button. A prompt popped up asking for my password. Then a box showed up warning that deletion was permanent. I wasn’t fazed — and hit the button.

Step 4: Resist getting back together

But wait. After hitting delete, my Facebook account was not actually erased, despite all the hoops I had jumped through. The site said that my account was scheduled for permanent deletion after 30 days, and that if I logged in again, I would have the option to cancel the deletion request. This grace period is here so people can change their minds. In addition, the entire deletion process may take up to 90 days to purge all backups of your data from the company’s servers, according to Facebook. In other words, be patient.

Step 5: Delete Instagram

If you also want to get away from Facebook’s clutches by removing your Instagram account, that process is much easier. That’s because Instagram is not nearly as wide-reaching as Facebook; you don’t use your Instagram account to log in to other apps, for instance. 

Here are the steps: Inside the photo app’s settings, you can select an option to download a copy of your data. From there, Instagram will email a link to download the file. This process took about 10 minutes for my account. Then you can visit the Delete Your Account webpage and click through the buttons to kill your account. I confess I did not personally follow through with this. I kept my Instagram account because I like keeping in touch with friends there.

Step 6: Ensure there is no tracking

After ending a romantic relationship, have you ever blocked your ex on Facebook so that he or she can’t follow you around? You should do the same after breaking up with Facebook to make sure the site stops tracking your browsing activities.
Be extra thorough about eliminating tracking methods that Facebook and other sites use to follow you. That includes clearing your web cookies, resetting your advertising identifier and installing a tracker blocker. For these steps, follow my previous guide about fighting targeted ads to safeguard your smartphone, tablet or computer. 
After I completed these steps myself, there was no sense of closure as I had expected. That’s probably because I knew I might end up reversing the Facebook deletion for the sake of writing instructive articles like this one. I have 30 days to decide.