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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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Mental health support: 'We need to help people come out of the shadows'

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Mental health support: 'We need to help people come out of the shadows'
- In Uganda, health care providers were amazed to see people recovering from mental illness being trained as peer workers, and finally started ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

'Unacceptable' — Norway's prime minister decries US boycott of G20 Summit

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, November 24, 2025

He highlights global inequality , technological advancement challenges, and Norway's commitment to equality and cooperation in international affairs. ' ... View article...

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How Gen Z and the wealth inequality issue could change the face of fintech

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 01, 2025

How will wealth inequality affect the future of fintech and banking as the Gen Z workforce becomes the leaders of tomorrow? When we look at a simple ... View article...

LGBTQ supporters of Jacksonville shooting victim call for hate crime

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Kyle McFarlane was shot in the back by a now-jailed neighbor following a history of hateful incidents that LGBTQ advocates believe are linked. View article...

Black people 'disproportionately affected' by Scotland's housing emergency

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Systemic racism in Scotland's housing system is causing Black People and People of Colour (BPoC) to be one of the groups disproportionately ... View article...

Rent control not only fails, it entrenches inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 01, 2025

Rent control not only fails, it entrenches inequality · The solution to housing affordability is to increase supply by building more housing · Rent ... View article...

'Heated Rivalry' Actors Say Sexual Chemistry Started in Auditions

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 02, 2025

'Heated Rivalry' stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie teased their intense chemistry in the LGBTQ hockey romance series. View article...

Ramaphosa sends a warning to one group of people in South Africa

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 01, 2025

... inequality and the urgent threat of climate change.” These pressures ... inequality . He highlighted the G20's first-ever report on global ... View article...

London's night workers face inequalities in pay, health, safety and dignity

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, December 03, 2025

A new study by UCL researchers has revealed the challenges faced by London's 1.3 million night workers, including pay inequality , health problems, ... View article...

Meta-analytical effect of economic inequality on well-being or mental health

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 01, 2025

However, existing studies face reproducibility issues, and theory suggests that inequality only affects individuals in disadvantaged contexts. View article...

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