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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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Schizophrenia Cited As Leading Cause Of Mental Disorder In Ghana

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 13, 2014

Schizophrenia Cited As Leading Cause Of Mental Disorder In Ghana
- According to the World Health Organisation, 21 million people in the World suffer from schizophrenia, a mental disorder that affects perception, ...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Disney Modifies Transgender Storyline in Pixar's “Win Or Lose” Series to Appeal to Younger ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 23, 2024

The company was also criticized for the LGBTQ material in animated films like “Lightyear” and “Strange World.” Share this: Twitter · Facebook ... 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...

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...

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...

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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...

Disney Modifies Transgender Storyline in Pixar's “Win Or Lose” Series to Appeal to Younger ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 23, 2024

The company was also criticized for the LGBTQ material in animated films like “Lightyear” and “Strange World.” Share this: Twitter · Facebook ... 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...

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...

Iran's Workers and the Crisis of Livelihood

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 23, 2024

... inequality and discontent. Without such measures, the livelihood crisis risks further destabilizing an already fragile socio-economic landscape ... View article...

Massachusetts public school planned LGBTQ Awareness Day during school hours

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 19, 2024

The school allowed teachers to sign up their classes to attend various events in the Lecture Hall throughout the school day. The plan was for LGBTQ - ... View article...

2023 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study exposes education inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 23, 2024

In a country racked by high youth unemployment and an economy barely growing above 1%, the newly released results of the 2023 Trends in ... View article...

Learn about Abortion Bans, Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation, and more from an Intersectional Feminist Lens

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 24, 2024

How should we interpret and resist abortion bans and anti- LGBTQ legislation? What does intersectional politics look like? View article...

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