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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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Life expectancy continues to rise, however gains slowing; Māori narrowing gap but large disparity ...

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, April 22, 2021

Life expectancy at birth was 73.4 years for Māori males in 2017–2019 (up 3.1 years from 2005–2007), and 77.1 years for Māori females (up 2 years ...

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Top stories of the last 30 days

Aboriginal activist Rachel Perkins joins faith leaders at Ramadan dinner

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, March 30, 2023

Aboriginal film director and activist Rachel Perkins joined faith leaders to discuss the Uluru Statement at an Iftar dinner held at Lakemba ... View article...

Community advisory committee provides input into the establishment of new board of inquiry

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, January 21, 2026

“Guidance from our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is essential in making sure that we get this important piece of work right,” ... View article...

Australian inquiry recommends national laws to protect Aboriginal heritage

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Australian inquiry recommends national laws to protect Aboriginal heritage Australia should set out a new national legal framework to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, an inquiry into the destruction of ancient rock shelters... View article...

'Education opens doors': The movement empowering future First Nations leaders

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, March 17, 2026

People who fought so that Aboriginal people could enter schools, and then universities. People who believed that education could change our futures ... View article...

Sydney police are using drones to chase suspects 500km away. Is a vulnerable town being targeted?

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, March 13, 2026

Moree in NSW is the 'perfect location' for remote drones , police say. But critics worry about impact of increased surveillance on local Aboriginal ... View article...

How colonial authorities shaped the Frontier Wars

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, March 19, 2026

From the early days of colonisation, Aboriginal resistance to dispossession and the often brutal, military response of British colonists , ... View article...

Kimberley Aboriginal community sets new blueprint for health and wellbeing

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, March 17, 2026

A remote Aboriginal community north of Broome has released a new strategy aimed at strengthening health and wellbeing through cultural governance ... View article...

Efforts to eliminate cervical cancer among Indigenous women 12 years behind government ...

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, March 13, 2026

A world-first study - Accelerating cervical cancer elimination in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a modelling study - has revealed ... View article...

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Historic support for Aboriginal families in landmark $350 million child protection reform

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 03, 2026

The Minns Labor Government is investing $350 million in Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), with twenty-two ACCOs winning new ... View article...

'Concerning and ongoing declines' in vaccination rates

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 03, 2026

Similar patterns were observed for vaccination rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children over the last year. Fully vaccinated ... View article...

Championing Health Equity On National Close Gap Day

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 03, 2026

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The National Agreement on Closing the Gap sets targets across health, education, housing and ... View article...

Coroner says New Zealand rugby player who died by suspected suicide had brain abnormality CTE

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 03, 2026

It can only be diagnosed after death. Christie was a former New Zealand Maori representative who believed he was suffering from CTE and campaigned for ... View article...

Pacific students get a boost as university programme tackles equity gap in access

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 03, 2026

University entrance rates for Māori and Pasifika have fallen but a partnership between Auckland schools and the University of Auckland is helping ... View article...

Implementing Queensland's Child Safe Standards: from compliance to culture in 2026

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 03, 2026

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Together, these reforms require early childhood education and care (ECEC) providers, and all child ... View article...

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says the fuel crisis is causing anxiety among Māori communities

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 03, 2026

The Te Pāti Māori co-leader and energy spokesperson sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Mata host Mihingarangi Forbes. View article...

'No longer any excuse': Mainstream providers urged to hand out-of-home care services to ...

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, April 03, 2026

Aboriginal peak bodies have long argued that ACCOs are best placed to deliver services for Aboriginal children and families, and governments have ... View article...

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