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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

Why patients with mental disorders stop taking medication

Pacific Standard Time — Friday, March 29, 2013

Why patients with mental disorders stop taking medication

GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM)-- "He quit taking his meds", is the explanation we sometimes hear when a person with a mental disorder commits a violent act. Grand Rapids psychologist Dr. Paul Critelli says that isn't always an accurate or valid explanation for ...

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Songs by Diana Ross, Cher and more among Billboard's Greatest LGBTQ Anthems of All Time

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Happy Pride Month! In honor of the occasion, Billboard has put together a list of the 100 Greatest LGBTQ Anthems of All Time, which features songs ... View article...

UN Forum Explores Ongoing Discrimination Faced By People of African Descent

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, November 26, 2017

UN Forum Explores Ongoing Discrimination Faced By People of African Descent - Participants from Europe, Central Asia and North America gathered this week at a United Nations forum in Geneva to explore ways to combat racial discrimination and to ensure effective promotion and protection of the human rights of people of African descent. Speaking at the opening of the two-day ...

Elder Queers offers a forum for LGBTQ connection while honoring those ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, February 26, 2026

I realized later in life that I was queer and started to explore the local LGBTQ community more intentionally. I appear younger than I am (Black ... View article...

Gender inequality: female top guns discuss silent malaise in ivory towers

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 25, 2026

One of such is in the area of gender inequality and subtle, sometimes outright discrimination against the female gender. It is for this reason that ... View article...

Community health fair aims to change stigma of mental illness

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, May 17, 2015

Community health fair aims to change stigma of mental illness - “It's embarrassing to admit that you can't do this. But one thing that I've learned here at this fair, is that mental illness is ...

Aboriginal groups warn racism remains entrenched across Victoria's public systems

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 02, 2026

Systemic racism across Victoria's healthcare, child protection and policing systems is continuing to harm First Nations people, ... View article...

We have vast inequality in our society and Andy Burnham has to grasp this agenda. Every single deci

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, July 06, 2026

We have vast inequality in our society and Andy Burnham has to grasp this agenda. Every single decision has to be about how can we redistribute ... View article...

Racial inequality in the social care workforce: what the data says

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 08, 2026

How white and minority ethnic staff in English councils compare in relation to pay, seniority and experience of bullying. View article...

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America's math and reading scores collapsed when schools went digital. AI may be a greater threat

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, July 20, 2026

America's math and reading scores tanked after schools ditched textbooks for screens—and AI could worsen the brain rot ... Add Fortune on Google for ... View article...

Why inequality, not growth, is Kenya's biggest challenge yet

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, July 20, 2026

According to Marx, capitalism thrives on this imbalance. Workers create value through their labour, yet they receive only a fraction of the wealth ... View article...

One year later, 988 still doesn't have a hotline for LGBTQ+ youth

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 22, 2026

During Pride month last year, almost 70,000 LGBTQ+ young people sought specialized help from 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline. View article...

Unions and partners call for urgent public investment in early childhood education

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 22, 2026

They highlight how market forces are deepening inequality — and why governments must act now. Their message is clear: without strong public ... View article...

Mexico's 99% Demanded Justice by Showing FIFA, Billionaires, and Corporations a Red Card

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 22, 2026

On 25 June, the Fight Inequality Alliance joined the collectives Más Música Menos Balas, the Ala Rota Cultura gallery, Las Proletarias and the artist ... View article...

Law Society of B.C. settles with lawyer after residential school radar discovery dispute

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Later, the BC First Nations Justice Council issued a statement calling Heller's resolution racist and a denial of the Indigenous genocide. The ... View article...

France probes young man's suicide after family alleges racist abuse

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, July 21, 2026

The parents said their son had suffered racist abuse for several years by young people in the village, their lawyer Elise Rey-Jacquot told AFP. She ... View article...

D.C. Council approves increased funding for Mayor's Office of LGBTQ Affairs

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 23, 2026

Council on July 14 gave final approval for the city's fiscal year 2027 budget that includes an amendment calling for increasing the number and size of ... View article...

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