A growing number of women are choosing to be ‘defiantly single’, yet the stigma against them persists.
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Treating people with dementia as full, thriving human beings requires awareness of stigma and simple communication strategies.
If you want to know what a person is really like, you need to look in their back garden.
The stigma around poverty and government benefits can make those initiatives less effective.
Free period products and being able to deal with your period without shame or restrictions should, however, be a basic human right.
The term ‘MSM’ allows public health interventions to gloss over the social, political and cultural complexities of identity. But it’s not without its limitations.
Lagos waste pickers were dissatisfied with their unhealthy working conditions, poverty and stigmatisation.
Why we should wash our hands of this unhealthy phrase.
Agriculture appears to carry a stronger set of negative stigmas than other careers, but this is only half the story.
The negative effects of lower levels of self-stigma can be offset by positive coping strategies.
People with obesity earn less and have a harder time finding work.
Politicians’ knee jerk dismissal of an idea that could help rehabilitate ex-offenders is
unhelpful.
Consensual sex work, like non-commercial sex, mostly happens behind closed doors. Yet stigma toward and ignorance about sex workers makes people panic when we try to talk about reform.
Research on how black people try to avoid racism in their daily lives shows that following white, mainstream standards can have mixed results.
The outlook can be bleak for people with ASD who have difficulty navigating the stressful work world. A trial project in Connecticut sought to find a new way to help them become truly independent.
Saying someone has epilepsy is a little like saying they’re ill. Its cause can vary from a brain tumour to an inherited genetic condition, the consequence of injury or a disorder affecting the brain.
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Director, UWA Public Policy Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Research fellow, North-West University
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Lancashire
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Head of HR Research Development, Institute for Employment Studies, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Illinois Chicago
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Senior Deputy Director, Florey, Neurologist Austin Health, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Director of the Office of Assessment and Planning, Southern Connecticut State University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
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Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
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Research Director of the People Lab, Harvard Kennedy School
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Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Health Promotion, The Ohio State University
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