Tag: stigma

In Pakistan, some 14.3 million people live with a disability. Right from birth, these individuals are often isolated and othered, unable to claim rights to the same resources as their able-bodied peers. In a country where accessibility is rare and acceptance even rarer, these people find themselves with little ...

What's your money worth? A series from the front line of the cost of living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses. Name: Haleema Jan* Age: 37 Occupation: Cleaner at a bank Lives with: Her daughter Sania Haleem*, 12 Lives in: A wooden shanty ...

Sardar Jan Muhammad Khilji, a 50-year-old resident of Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's western province Balochistan, is proud to have many children: he is said to have welcomed his 60th child in January. Khilji confirmed he has fathered these children with three wives, but refused to discuss further details ...

NL CorresspondentJammu Tawi: Globally, the world is witnessing an ongoing rise in mental health issues, accelerated by the global pandemic. Medix, a global healthmanagement company, delivering impactful responses to health needs servicing millions of customers, with a team of over 300 in-house physicians, and aglobal quality accredited network of ...

The direct provision system can often leave immigrant families with a stigma that makes it difficult for them to move out of such accommodation and integrate into the local community, a report on the experience of migrants in Cork has found.According to some of those interviewed for We are ...

When Emel, 34, consumed cannabis for the first time, it wasn’t at a house party with a cloud of smoke drifting up and onward, or any other clichéd scene that programs like D.A.R.E. used to warn her about — nor was it this great act of rebellion or dissent ...

Sania Khan was only 29, yet she left behind a multifaceted legacy. She was both compassionate and talented, beginning her career as a social worker and advocate for low-income families before becoming a flight attendant to support her flourishing photography career. She was also a fierce advocate for women’s ...

Nasira Manojee, an HIV-positive transgender woman from Karachi, had to ignore her friends’ advice and overcome her own worst fears before getting vaccinated against COVID-19. “I knew I was doing the right thing as I have faith in the top-notch doctors who are urging everyone to get vaccinated,” said ...

At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of people around the world felt the strain of being confined for weeks and months on end as lockdowns took hold. For Ghulam Mohammad Dar, 51, such restrictions have been a fact of life for 40 years.Dar grew up in a ...

Tariq Ahmad Patloo, a boatman from Kashmir, recently devised a 'floating ambulance' that he operated in Dal Lake to fight the stigma attached to COVID19. His ambulance has provisions such as PPE kits, wheelchairs, and stretchers and helps ferry people through Srinagar's Dal Lake and get the medical treatment ...