Britney Spears’ memoir is a reminder of the stigma and potential damage of child stardom: Britney Spears’ new memoir, The Woman in Me, illustrates once again the potential lifelong damage that can be caused by being a child star. Like many before her, including Judy Garland and Michael Jackson, Spears was ushered into the dangerous …
Young people with sexual or gender diversity are at higher risk of stopping their HIV treatment because of stigma and harsh laws: Ending the AIDS pandemic – particularly in eastern and southern Africa – cannot be achieved unless more resources are channelled to meet the needs of key vulnerable populations. This is one of the …
A brief history of abortion – from ancient Egyptian herbs to fighting stigma today: The first recorded evidence of induced abortion is from an ancient Egyptian papyrus. pexels/karolina grabowska You might be forgiven for thinking of abortion as a particularly modern phenomenon. But there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that abortion has been a constant …
Long COVID stigma may encourage people to hide the condition: Pressmaster/Shutterstock An estimated 2.1 million people are living with long COVID in the UK alone. We recently asked 888 people in the UK with long COVID about their experiences of stigma, and 95% of them said they had experienced stigma related to their condition. Long …
Nigerians with vitiligo face stigma – a skin doctor calls for better support: Getty Images Vitiligo – a disease which causes pale patches to develop on the skin and mucous membranes – can be psychologically devastating. The change in skin colour may even create doubts about a person’s identity, as seen in the case of …
Over half of children in England and Wales are now born to unmarried parents – overturning a history of stigma and discrimination: AndreyUG/Shutterstock In 2021, more babies – 51% – were born to unmarried mothers in England and Wales than to those in a marriage or civil partnership for the first time since records began …
Monkeypox: gay and bisexual men aren’t at greater risk from the disease – but they are from unfair stigma: Gyorgy Demko/Shutterstock The first case of monkeypox in the current outbreak was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 7. The person in question had recently returned to the UK from Nigeria, where they …
Mental health patients in Ghana share their stories about stigma and suffering: Mental health is still a taboo topic for most Ghanaian families Wikimedia Commons Despite global advances in disability rights, stigma towards individuals diagnosed with mental illness is common across the African continent. In Ghana, research has shown that one of the main roots …
How China’s ‘leftover women’ are using their financial power to fight the stigma of being single: shutterstock In China, if you are female, educated and unmarried by the age of 27, people might use a particular term – “Sheng-nu” – to describe your social status. It translates simply as “leftover women”. The label was deliberately …
No evidence links autism with terrorism, but ill-judged statements and headlines will lead to stigma: Articles suggesting a link between autism and radicalisation can lead to unfair targeting UK Police/Alamy Recent observations from Jonathan Hall QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, suggest that “a staggeringly high” number of autistic people are referred to the …
Albinism in Tanzania: what can be done to break the stigma: Mr Albinism Kenya Jairus Ongetta (L) and Miss Albinism Kenya Loise Lihanda pose at the Mr and Miss Albinism East Africa pageant. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images The light physical appearance of people with albinism is caused by an inherited condition which results in …
South Africa in the news: The WHO gives COVID variants Greek alphabet names to avoid stigma: The World Health Organization announced Monday a new naming system for COVID-19 variants that uses letters from the Greek alphabet.Why it matters: Health officials have been concerned that the strains …: “South Africa” – BingNews Even after US shift, …
South Africa in the news: Factors associated with external HIV-related stigma and psychological distress among people living with HIV in South Africa.: HIV-related stigma and psychological distress among people living with HIV (PLHIV) pose a public health challenge in most African countries. This study aims to investigate the association between …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
A culture of silence and stigma around emotions dominates policing, officer diaries reveal: When you are a police officer, your emotions have to be hidden or pushed down. Officers work hard to detach themselves from their emotions as a way to cope in a culture that has an expectation of silence in the face of …
Attitudes towards abortion in the DRC suggest there are ways to overcome stigma: Abortion is highly stigmatised in the DRC JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), restrictive abortion laws, limited medical resources, and high costs – all heightened by two decades of conflict – have led to barriers …
‘Only junkies’: how stigma and discrimination link to rise in drug deaths among Scotland’s poor: shutterstock For more than a decade, drug-related deaths (DRD) in Scotland have been rising – alongside evidence which suggests that the country has had much less success in treating and supporting people who use drugs compared to the rest of …
It will take lot more than free period products to end stigma around menstruation: There are several building blocks towards reducing menstruation stigma Will Oliver/EPA Pad by pad, efforts to challenge the stigma of menstruation are putting periods in the spotlight. The latest move comes from the Scottish parliament, which just passed a landmark bill …
Coronavirus: new social rules are leading to new types of stigma: During lockdown, we saw how the pandemic was leading to new forms of social solidarity. In addition to claps for carers and rainbow pictures, the very act of staying home was a demonstration of a collective responsibility to protect the vulnerable. It was a …