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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.

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Electroshock no longer taboo in treating mental illness

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Electroshock no longer taboo in treating mental illnessEach year, some 100,000 Americans turn to electroconvulsive therapy, also known as electroshock, to treat mental illnesses. While many say it more ...

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Majority of black women experience sexual harassment at work stemming from racism, report finds

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

More than 70 per cent said they had been bullied or harassed at work, with 53 reporting that they had been subjected to racist comments made in their ... View article...

American LGBTQ+ Museum releases Pride Blend wine to raise funds for new home

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, December 11, 2024

The American LGBTQ+ Museum has teamed up with Laithwaites Wine to release a limited-edition wine to support its future spaces. View article...

UNESCO holds the Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination in Barcelona

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

This edition of the Forum is preceded and accompanied in the city by the campaign “Lend your voice to fight racism ”, raising public awareness and ... View article...

Ghana's Supreme Court paves way for anti-LGBTQ law

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 19, 2024

Ghana's proposed anti- LGBTQ legislation is considered among the most stringent in Africa, stipulating jail terms of up to three years for engaging ... View article...

Republicans decry proposed transgender-inclusive Kentucky Department of Corrections rules

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 12, 2024

“Federal law requires many of the practices contained in the draft regulation, and the governor recognizes that LGBTQ inmates may be at heightened ... View article...

How the Coming Home Tour supports LGBTQ Wisconsinites this Holiday Season

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

The statewide tour of PFLAG meetings shares stories of LGBTQ history and heritage to help people feel more grounded. View article...

Report finds potential historic LGBTQ district in Sacramento

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

A report identifying a Sacramento LGBTQ neighborhood as a potential historic district was approved by the City Council in California's capital ... View article...

Martin Luther King Day Lecture: Confronting Racism in Health

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Her research examines the interface between racism -induced health outcomes and holistic anti- racist health approaches, with a particular focus on how ... View article...

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Ghana's Supreme Court paves way for anti-LGBTQ law

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 19, 2024

Ghana's proposed anti- LGBTQ legislation is considered among the most stringent in Africa, stipulating jail terms of up to three years for engaging ... View article...

Martin Luther King Day Lecture: Confronting Racism in Health

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Her research examines the interface between racism -induced health outcomes and holistic anti- racist health approaches, with a particular focus on how ... View article...

Generative AI could increase education inequality, report warns

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 16, 2024

Generative AI technology could increase inequalities in education, according to a new report from the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA). View article...

How did “Black is Beautiful” become a German Political Slogan?

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

... racism are quite different from those in the U.S. Germans pride themselves on leaving Nazi-era racism behind, but the focus on overcoming ... View article...

The Second International Decade for People of African Descent renews the call for ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 19, 2024

... racism and the human rights of people of African descent but lacked enough political will and investment from Member States. “It is now time to ... View article...

LGBTQ-owned Monrovia bookstore hosts its first 'gender-affirming care day'

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 16, 2024

Gender-affirming care is smaller, everyday things done to affirm one's gender and can be done by cisgender and trans individuals. View article...

Mapping how extreme heat exacerbates inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 19, 2024

Climate change is exacerbating existing inequalities and disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable Australians. While all vulnerable people ... View article...

Report highlights surge in Islamophobia, racism against Palestinians in Canada

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 19, 2024

'Many witnesses highlighted the increased targeting of Palestinians in particular, often referred to as anti-Palestinian racism ,' report says ... View article...

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