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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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A toad ate the sun: Man's bizarre eclipse beliefs through the ages

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 21, 2017

A toad ate the sun: Man's bizarre eclipse beliefs through the ages
- In many Latin American countries and even in India, pregnant women are advised to protect themselves from a solar eclipse. In some Latin American ...

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

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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...

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

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

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 08, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 26, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 10, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 10, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 10, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 09, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 09, 2024

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 10, 2024

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