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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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What Do We Really Mean When We Say Someone Is Having A "Mental Breakdown" ?

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, February 19, 2017

What Do We Really Mean When We Say Someone Is Having A "Mental Breakdown" ?
- The term was frequently used in the past to cover a variety of mental disorders, but it's no longer used by mental health professionals today," writes ...

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DeSantis Doesn't Believe 'LGBTQ Individuals Should Be Welcome in the State,' Community ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

After Visit Florida erased the LGBTQ travel section, community members and businesses are fighting back against the state's move. View article...

Resources are out there for LGBTQ+ travelers looking to stay safe

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Do LGBTQ+ tourists have a green book-like system for staying safe while traveling in these politically precarious times? View article...

Will AI Solve The World's Inequality Problem – Or Make It Worse?

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Explore the dual impact of AI on societal inequality : will it widen the wealth gap ... We know that globally, inequality is rising as the gap between ... View article...

Boston : In Cambridge, inequality is rampant. But now, pre-k is free

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Several hundred families — rich, poor, and in between — will get for free education that can otherwise cost more than $30000 per child this year. View article...

Obi links insecurity in Africa to poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

... inequality among the variables fueling insecurity and conflicts in Africa. “I joined global leaders, former presidents, prime ministers, serving ... View article...

Harris campaign ramps up LGBTQ engagement as Election Day nears

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

And LGBTQ voters, who comprise a larger share of the electorate than ever before, are expected to play a major role in November. The Washington Blade ... View article...

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation by Danny Dorling review

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for ... View article...

Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 26, 2024

In some instances, the racist attitudes behind such paintings have been explicitly expressed by artists or painting owners, making them well- ... View article...

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Kamala Harris slams GOP for claiming to support "sanctity of life" while letting mothers die

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Harris also connected abortion rights to same-sex marriage during her appearance on a massively popular women's empowerment podcast. View article...

UN study tour on the Holocaust, racism and its impact today

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 08, 2024

The first-ever United Nations study tour on Nazi racism , the Holocaust, and its lasting impact on today's society. View article...

Leader of far-right Danish party to face racism charge

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Morten Messerschmidt, the leader of the populist far-right Danish People's Party, has been charged with racism over a 2023 social media post. View article...

Quarter of trans US voters could be disenfranchised, report says

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 08, 2024

A quarter of adult transgender Americans eligible to vote in the November elections could be disenfranchised, according to a new report from the ... View article...

Atlanta updates rainbow crosswalk in midtown, recognizes trans people, LGBTQ ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 07, 2024

Crews added brown, black, white, pink and light blue to the walkway. The update was created to recognize communities of color as well as the ... View article...

How Has Structural Racism Held Back the Co-op Movement?

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Only in the United States did the co-operative face, in its initial development, two well-entrenched incumbents operating with competing ... View article...

10 African countries with the longest prison sentences for homosexuality

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 07, 2024

Many LGBTQ+ people are abandoned by their families, and rejected by society. Discrimination against homosexuals cuts across society, permeating from ... View article...

Can we achieve moral progress in the fight against global inequality?

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 07, 2024

Global inequality is a serious moral problem. But is moral progress possible in the fight against inequality ? Understanding the issue requires an ... View article...

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