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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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Divided over DNA: why NZ First is derailing the gene tech bill

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, October 17, 2025

The health select committee released its long-delayed report on Friday, revealing the party had joined Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori in ...

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SUPRA condemns anti-immigration rallies

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Australia always was and always will be Aboriginal land, and international students, migrants and refugees are all welcome here. If you are unsafe or ... View article...

Making waves in remote Queensland

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council has now contracted Swimming Queensland to deliver regular community programs and training to staff to ensure ... View article...

'Those paintings belong to us': how an Indigenous-led project is harnessing technology to ...

Australian Eastern Time — Monday, September 01, 2025

These paintings depict everything from extinct megafauna to Aboriginal peoples' experiences of European contact. They form part of a living cultural ... View article...

Fierce moment Aboriginal elder clashes with protesters

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, September 02, 2025

In Melbourne, anti-immigration protesters clashed with counter protesters, with police deploying pepper spray and baton rounds in a bid to prevent ... View article...

ABC obtains voice note of police officer laughing about suicide of Aboriginal prisoner

Australian Eastern Time — Monday, September 01, 2025

The ABC has obtained a voice recording of a Western Australian police officer laughing about the suicide of an Aboriginal prisoner in Kalgoorlie. View article...

Rio Tinto bolsters Indigenous employment pathways

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, August 14, 2025

Up to 40 Indigenous People from Perth and the Pilbara will partake in Rio Tinto's annual Aboriginal Training and Liaison (ATAL) program. View article...

Israel targets family of human rights defender killed by settler

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, August 12, 2025

In the days following, 19 of Awdah's family were unjustly detained and assaulted, while his killer walked free without charge. View article...

Delivering Better Healthcare For First Nations Women

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, September 03, 2025

The Allan Labor Government is ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls can access culturally safe women's health care, ... View article...

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NZ's new targets to manage its methane emissions

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, October 14, 2025

New Zealand 's Zero Carbon Act already has a split target – with a net zero 2050 aim for long-lived greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide with a few ... View article...

The role of Indigenous knowledge for public health

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Among the University of Auckland academics invited to present was Māori Studies Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui , ... View article...

WA Govt appoints architect to landmark Aboriginal Cultural Centre

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The WA Government has appointed architecture firm, Hassell , to develop a concept design for Western Australia 's landmark Aboriginal Cultural ... View article...

New Zealand Māori council seats to be cut by more than half after public vote

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Māori wards, which may have one or more councillors depending on population, were created in 2001 to allow Indigenous voters to elect guaranteed Māori ... View article...

New strategy announced to support Western Australia's carers

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, October 15, 2025

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers, and young carers . The consultation period will help build a clearer picture of caring in WA ... View article...

NZ First won't support Gene Tech bill – barring major changes

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, October 14, 2025

New Zealand First confirms it supports the changes present in a Select Committee report but it will not support the bill into law without further ... View article...

Jim Bolger, New Zealand prime minister who reconciled with Maori and made sweeping welfare cuts

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, October 17, 2025

He made moves to cut ties with the British monarchy , but the Queen's apology to the Maori in 1995 assisted his drive to settle grievances. View article...

Guaranteed Māori seats on New Zealand councils to be slashed by more than half

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Controversial law change that forced councils to put the fate of Māori wards to a public vote saw 25 vote to disestablish the guaranteed seats . View article...

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