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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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Study shows public assistance has lessened poverty and its most devastating effects

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, June 07, 2015

Study shows public assistance has lessened poverty and its most devastating effects
- Millions of Americans still need and receive public assistance 51 years after President Lyndon Johnson declared his famous War on Poverty.

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The Kansas Quarantine

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, April 02, 2013

The Kansas Quarantine “The concerns about quarantine and isolation related to HIV are completely unwarranted,” said Charlie Hunt, the state epidemiologist at KDHE. “Existing law states that any isolation or quarantine actions have to be reasonable and medically necessary ...

Mean girls are ganging up and 'roasting' boys in latest cyber bullying craze

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Mean girls are ganging up and 'roasting' boys in latest cyber bullying craze - Now teachers and parents have been warned to be aware of the new form of cyber bullying . Schools across Britain are "in the grip of a roasting ...

One year after George Floyd's death, Latino activists continue to seek police reform

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 01, 2021

Yet again, a Black man in America had died at the hand of a police officer and with that viral video, once again, the Black Lives Matter movement had ... View article...

Johns Hopkins Medical LGBT Leaders: Carson's Comments "Extremely ...

Pacific Standard Time — Friday, March 29, 2013

Johns Hopkins Medical LGBT Leaders: Carson's Comments "Extremely ... Current and former leaders of the organization representing the LGBT members of the Johns Hopkins medical institutions say they found recent comments from Dr. Ben Carson comparing marriage equality supporters to advocates of pedophilia and bestiality ...

Religious schools discrimination law update merits bipartisan support

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 20, 2021

It has been the source of anguish for members of Victoria's LGBTQ community, who have felt the need to hide their true selves for fear of being sacked, have ... View article...

Health insurance now covers LGBTQ partners under one plan

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, November 26, 2025

health insurance plans will now add other kinds of relationships including samesex partners inlaws dependents nieces and nephews under a single ... View article...

Youth unrest fueled by joblessness and inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, November 03, 2025

Instead, they stemmed largely from frustration over unemployment, inequality , corruption and financial hardship. Youth anger, built up over years ... View article...

14% of Afghanistan veterans diagnosed with mental disorder

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, July 02, 2013

14% of Afghanistan veterans diagnosed with mental disorder Nearly 14 per cent of Canadian Forces personnel who were deployed to Afghanistan have been diagnosed with a mental disorder such as post-traumatic stress, a new study suggests. Since 2001, more than 40,000 Canadian Forces members have been ...

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Health insurance now covers LGBTQ partners under one plan

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, November 26, 2025

health insurance plans will now add other kinds of relationships including samesex partners inlaws dependents nieces and nephews under a single ... View article...

Ford Bronco driver accused of repeatedly trying to hit members of LGBTQ running club in Florida

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 27, 2025

A man has been arrested after allegedly trying to run down members of an LGBTQ running group in a Ford Bronco, in a potential hate crime. View article...

Bad education is a terrible way to fight inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, November 26, 2025

It revealed that the number of UCSD students who lack basic reading and math skills has absolutely exploded since 2020. The percentage of students ... View article...

Whitby council commits to diversity, equity, inclusion training after alleged anti-Asian racism

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 27, 2025

Whitby council has committed to participating in diversity, equity, and anti- racism education after an investigation into accusations of ... View article...

LGBTQ+ community calls out Radio Korea over host's homophobic comments

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Kim also stated that Radio Korea “welcomes members of the LGBT community to share their perspectives” in order to deepen understanding through ... View article...

How anti-racist activism is being criminalised across Scotland

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 27, 2025

In recent years, Scotland has seen a surge in anti- racism activism, with communities mobilising in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk and beyond to ... View article...

The economic toll of violence against women

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, November 26, 2025

For years, Europe has treated gender inequality and gender-based violence as moral failings outside the EU's core agenda. But that approach is ... View article...

The Rise in Racial Tension and Growing Anti-immigration Sentiment in the United Kingdom

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 27, 2025

Starmer urged to do more to push back against 'onslaught of racism ': Hope Not Hate writes letter ... View article...

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