The labeling in this country is a disgrace.

But the stigma of socialism was stronger than the instinct to make a profit.

There is a taint of hypocrisy in a more fundamental sense.

One delegation described it as a blot on our conscience .

The situation in Darfur remains of gravest concern.

HIV isn't like other medical conditions it's stigmatizing.

This removes the stigma of charity, and it is empowering for victims.

In this manner, the US may well be exporting the mental illness stigma to the rest of the world.

And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience.

The subsequent stigma often is a heavier burden than the assault itself.

Today, every day, 9,000 more Africans will catch HIV because of stigmatization and lack of education.

The great stain on Meles s record will always be his intolerance of dissent.

As for fascism, its political heirs in countries like Italy and France must contend with the stigma of the past.

The international community s shameful acceptance of impunity for Assad and his henchmen is a blot on the conscience of the world.

Moreover, the genocide, the systematic human rights violations and the war crimes committed are stains upon the soul of mankind.

Educational opportunities, job prospects, married life, family relationships, and community participation are all potentially threatened by leprosy.

The father or family who does not support her daughter to take her right think that it is sort of shame to open this taboo because it is a stain ,they are a family of devil.

When detainees are released, they carry a heavy stigma, and harsh experiences in jail hardly contribute to rehabilitation.

Others hesitate, either because they worry about not qualifying or because they remain concerned about the stigma of association with the Fund.

Western leaders dithering, and the callous, cynical, and cavalier support of Russia and China for Assad, is a stigma that they will bear forever.

However, discriminatory treatment of older workers, particularly in relation to job recruitment, promotion and training, creates a stigma and social exclusion.

Either she will succeed with it, or it will become a monumental disgrace for Germany and a disaster for the German economy.

Rwanda believes that such a course of action would be an indelible blot on the respect, honour and moral standing of the bodies and countries in question.

The stigma surrounding the disease remains hard to dispel, and results in discriminatory attitudes and practices that continue to blight the lives of millions of people.

These may include an actual low level of HIV infections due to the epidemic being still in its early stages in Pakistan, underreporting of cases due to inadequacies in the surveillance system, and or, limited individual level care seeking for possible HIV infections and due to ignorance and or stigma related to disease.

Alas, the Greek Treuhand remains an abomination, and it should be a stigma on Europe s conscience. Worse, it is a wasted opportunity.

The pogroms of Armenians in Sumgait 17 years ago have the dubious honour of being the first time that ethnic cleansing was utilized in what was still a Soviet space.

Most of the rape cases are not reported, either because victims fear reprisals, or because of cultural reticence, fear of stigmatization and lack of confidence in the justice system.

Moreover, an IMF stigma remains among those countries in the region that were discontented with the Fund s role during the 1997 1998 Asian financial crisis.

This lamentable tradition was common to both Conservatives and Labour and yet, unfairly, it was the Labour Party that was most contaminated by the smear that it could not be trusted to manage the economy.

Evidently fighting (and surviving) Ebola will take a tremendous deal of collective effort in the affected countries, especially considering the stigma inside and outside their borders.In the context of this epidemic, it has never been more crucial for the communities to realize that they need to get organized together in this struggle or they will perish together as fools.

At the same time, Disability Studies should work to de stigmatize disease, illness, and impairment, including those that cannot be measured or explained by biological science.

Patients, too, may fail to seek treatment, because mental illness still carries a stigma that can make it harder to acknowledge than a physical illness.

Rather, American legislators and media outlets must use their international influence to reduce the stigma experienced by people suffering from mental illnesses worldwide.

Given the IMF stigma in Asia, a co financing facility that provides precautionary credit lines without policy conditionality to qualified member countries would be useful.

With the stigma on capital controls gone, the IMF should now get to work on developing guidelines on what kind of controls work best and under what circumstances.

As for fascism, its political heirs in countries like Italy and France must contend with the stigma of the past. Vivid memories of total war and genocide, frequently revived, hinder any revival of the totalitarian parties of the right.

And you don't know who you can talk to, because the truth is, HIV is so stigmatizing that if you partner, your family, anyone in your home, you're likely to be thrown out without any means of support.

China must stop subsidizing fossil fuels, embrace the electric car, and tackle the thick clouds of urban pollution that are a blight to local residents and a stain on its international reputation.

In a rural community heavily affected by HIV AIDS in Zimbabwe, a UNIFEM supported pilot programme has noted that men's participation in home based care is increasing and that stigma and discrimination against women have declined.

Kazakhstan reached 1,500 IDUs with tertiary prevention interventions through the creation of three new trust points established to encourage clients and patients to overcome the fear of stigmatization and seek counselling and advice.

In the first years of the conflict, the tragedy and terrorism committed by Armenians against the Azerbaijani population of Karabakh in the villages of Kerkijahan, Mesheli, Koushjular, Karadaghly and Aghdaban, and finally the Khodjaly genocide, are the historical stigma of the suffering and miserable Armenians.

Unfortunately, only three countries Mexico, Colombia, and Poland have signed up for an FCL. Others hesitate, either because they worry about not qualifying or because they remain concerned about the stigma of association with the Fund.

The exemption arrangement stigmatises in that it obliges the authors to state which segments of the CKREE subject are problematic in relation to their own life stance, which in turn will appear as a deviation from the commonly held life stance.

Another worry is that the crisis will create a hard core of long term unemployed whose skills atrophy and who become stigmatized in the eyes of potential employers.