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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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Massachusetts lawmakers move to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, August 01, 2018

Massachusetts lawmakers move to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth
- Massachusetts lawmakers moved Tuesday night to make it illegal for licensed professionals who treat children and adolescents to practice ...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What does it mean to be poor? The Australian government isn't sure

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

Australia is terrible at measuring poverty. In fact, the country can’t even agree on what poverty is. Is it just about how much you get paid? What if you own your own home? What if you have access to almost everything you need, but you just don’t have a lot of cash? View article...

Studying systemic racism

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 19, 2024

Three new UDARI faculty fellows have been named to help raise awareness of diversity, inclusivity and anti- racism through their scholarship, resource ... View article...

Universities must do more to create a society free from gender inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

... inequality . In its report, the CGE urged universities to provide adequate funding for gender transformation to achieve their employment equity ... View article...

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Wars, debt, climate crisis and Covid have halted anti-poverty fight

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Max Lawson, the head of inequality policy at Oxfam, said: “With the richest 1% capturing more wealth than the bottom 95%, it is little wonder that it ... View article...

A traditional Mexican family restaurant, and a welcoming LGBTQ hub

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Café Ollín in New York's Harlem neighborhood has become a social media and community presence after a family member took the small restaurant in a ... View article...

Racism was called a health threat. Then came the DEI backlash.

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Other efforts to address systemic racism and inequality - in education and corporate America - have encountered resistance, but the stakes are ... View article...

10 LGBTQ+ figures from history you SHOULD know

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Happy LGBTQ History Month! PRIDE SITE photo gallery list LGBTQ people in history Julie dAubigny Simon Nkoli Wewha Billy Tipton. Shirley Markham ... View article...

How Latino Americans are trying to close the wealth gap

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Total U.S. household wealth has trended upward over the last 15 years or so, but there is still great inequality along racial lines. According to ... View article...

Poor gender equality biggest barrier for girls in STEM

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Gender inequality is the biggest barrier preventing teenage girls from pursuing careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ... View article...

Minority groups, including queers, want to be in clinical trials but participation remains low ...

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Interest in clinical trials is high among members of the LGBTQ community and people of color, though participation rates are "alarmingly low," ... View article...

Launch Of The Taskforce On Inequality And Social-Related Financial Disclosures

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 17, 2024

... and financial institutions, addressing inequality , social risks, and opportunities alongside existing climate and nature-related frameworks. View article...

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