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Vidigal Launches Series of 75th Birthday Celebrations

By Iman Ahmed • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • March 31, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On March 14 the main square of Vidigal was taken over in festivities. Seniors and young people got together to enjoy the day and celebrate 75 years of Vidigal. The celebration lasted the full […]

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Cantagalo Celebrates Community’s ‘Women Warriors’ [SLIDESHOW]

By Ruth Faulkner • March 20, 2015

Cantagalo residents took to the streets with a procession celebrating the women of the favela on the eve of International Women’s Day, March 7. The event started in the Museu de Favela (MUF), a community organization founded […]

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Maré’s Institutional Might: Strengthening Participatory Community Platforms to Advance Public Security and Social Justice

By Veriene Melo • March 20, 2015

Clique aqui para Português The Maré complex—a group of 16 communities of over 130,000 inhabitants and innumerable civil society organizations located in Rio’s North Zone—was the 39th favela in Rio de Janeiro to go through the […]

Residents of Manguinhos took part in Planting Ideas event on Wednesday March 4. Photo by Edilano Cavalcante
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“Planting Ideas”: Manguinhos Launches Environmental Awareness Project

By Brooke Parkin • March 11, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday March 4 community leaders, environmental activists and young people all from the North Zone community of Manguinhos gathered at the community library to launch the project Plantando Ideias (Planting Ideas). The initiative […]

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Paying Homage to Favela Women on International Women’s Day

By Nicole Froio • March 8, 2015

Clique aqui para Português According to research published in A Country Called Favela by Renato Meirelles and Celso Athayde, favelas across Brazil house around six million women. Around 40% of homes in favelas are supported financially by women, […]

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