stigma
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The film highlighted the experience of teen girls in Surkhet, Nepal, and the menstrual stigma they faced.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
The announcement of the crisis house opening in Swindon comes on Mental Health Awareness Week, an annual UK-wide campaign that challenges stigma and promotes practical actions people can take to support their own wellbeing.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Isabel Diaz, 53, survived the outbreak with a different stigma -- her father, Victor Diaz, was labeled "patient zero," and attended the birthday party while displaying the early symptoms of hantavirus.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Grede provocatively highlights the cultural shift that’s happening here: Moms are participating in and prioritizing work in a way that holds a stigma for them that doesn’t apply to dads.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
He wanted to learn the true meaning of blackness and thereby conquer the stigma; anthropology intrigued him as the study of where humankind began.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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