Sentence examples for confront stigma from inspiring English sources

The General Assembly is expected to declare on Wednesday that all countries should "protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms" of groups most at risk of AIDS and address the epidemic "to confront stigma, silence and denial" and "eliminate discrimination".

To confront stigma in Malaysia, UNICEF is working with the government on a programme known as the Preliminary Assessment of Children Affected by AIDS.

"In particular, it is creating opportunities for some of the most disadvantaged and excluded children in the country to challenge stereotypes and confront stigma and discrimination by sharing their experience".

As we remember her advocacy and commitment to confronting stigma and reducing shame, let's explore what we know about these disorders and what we can do to help.

It also came from informal carers confronted with the unsustainable burden of caring single-handedly for a dying relative [ 22, 33] and from a community confronting stigma [ 34].

Ashodaya's framework is useful insofar as it provides a means of analysing the complex relationship between empowerment and the challenge of confronting stigma, discrimination and gender-based violence [ 25].

Patients described the need for psychosocial support to mitigate the difficulty of continually going to the clinic to take medications, tending to other family or professional responsibilities while on treatment, and confronting stigma and social isolation within their community.

But she has a strategy to confront the stigma head on: by giving voice to those who would otherwise suffer silently, and providing a platform for people to share their stories of struggle and recuperation.

By introducing this new product, the team has to confront the stigma against hangovers in the U.S. and even correct the common misconceptions about how they are caused.

Tod Johnson, BackWeb's vice president of marketing, says he figured that sooner or later the company was going to have to confront the stigma left behind by PointCast, "and we'd be better off being proactive about it".

They created the first HIV-positive Muppet, Kami, to confront the stigma of HIV and AIDS in South Africa.