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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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People in Australia were once convicted for being gay. Finally, they have received an apology.

Australian Eastern Time — May 26, 2016

People in Australia were once convicted for being gay. Finally, they have received an apology.
- A change has arrived in the Australian state of Victoria. After decades of living with the shame of a criminal conviction for simply being gay, members of ...

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Top stories of the last 30 days

“I would like to know directly” - Police Commissioner and Minister rejects bias towards Māori

Australian Eastern Time — June 17, 2025

When it was released last year, it found that Māori are disproportionately impacted by police practices, and that systemic bias and structural issues ... View article...

Rural Māori missing out on care under PHO model

Australian Eastern Time — June 17, 2025

“[PHOs are] giving care to those people [who] can access it near them,” Dr Ratima says. This disproportionally affects Māori living rurally, who often ... View article...

Northern Territory Aboriginal owned businesses can now access funding for technology and ...

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

The Aboriginal Tourism Grant Program Round 9, is 50% co-funded under the Federal Funding Agreement's Strategic Indigenous Tourism Program (SITP) co- ... View article...

Māori urged to engage on draft Infrastructure Plan - 'Where the investment goes matters.'

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

Māori experts in the sector are calling for assurances that tangata whenua will have a voice and share in the benefits. View article...

Racism against indigenous Australians jumps 15% in a decade, survey finds

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

A recent study found 54 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reporting racism last year, up from 39 per cent in 2014. View article...

Kai Kara-France fights for Māori pride at UFC 317 title fight

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

“If I don't do it, who else is gonna do it? “There's no better time now than a Māori athlete putting all the spotlight on me and my culture. View article...

Sydney Youth Orchestra, Aboriginal rapper Dobby and a Sydney music teacher walk in to Mr ...

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

On Monday 16th June, Katie from the Sydney Youth Orchestra, Rhyan aka Dobby, and Adele, an experienced music teacher called into Mr Sean's rap ... View article...

Ice Age Shelter Unveils 20,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Heritage

Australian Eastern Time — June 20, 2025

... Aboriginal peoples' remarkable adaptability and resilience. The findings challenge the long-held belief that Australia's highlands were too harsh ... View article...

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Grant Program opens to support Victoria's First Nations Athletes

Australian Eastern Time — July 04, 2025

The Victorian Government is supporting the state's next generation of First Nations athletes with the Aboriginal Sport Participation Grant Program ... View article...

The story behind the eight First Nations dress designs

Australian Eastern Time — July 04, 2025

All eight clubs will wear dresses designed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, connecting culture to club through artwork. In honour ... View article...

'We know what works': Cultural belonging at heart of Indigenous student success

Australian Eastern Time — July 04, 2025

A landmark study has confirmed what many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families have long known - when education is grounded in culture and ... View article...

Racism allegations questioned

Australian Eastern Time — July 03, 2025

The Māori musician said she noticed multiple incidents of being treated differently than her white partner, as well as reactions to te reo Māori . View article...

The Singapore game maker and Dannervirke-based iwi blending culture and technology to ...

Australian Eastern Time — July 02, 2025

When Yee-Hung first connected with the Māori culture, it led him on his own identity journey. View article...

Ancient boomerang found in Poland challenges beliefs on early human settlement

Australian Eastern Time — July 02, 2025

... The Poland boomerang predates the oldest known Aboriginal throwing sticks from ... View article...

It seems more important to erase Māori than tackle sexual assault

Australian Eastern Time — July 04, 2025

The Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence, Karen Chhour, announced on Friday that she was removing the Māori name for ... View article...

British settlers guilty of genocide against indigenous Australians

Australian Eastern Time — July 03, 2025

A commission of inquiry in Victoria concluded that British colonialists' treatment of the state's First Peoples in the 1830s amounted to genocide, ... View article...

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