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One Year of the Covid-19 in the Favelas Unified Dashboard
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One Year of the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard: ‘By Us, For Us’ as a Defining Methodology #DataSavesLives

By Gabriela Buffon Vargas • Translation by Saskia Wright • August 17, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. On July 22, the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard, an initiative that brings together 24 favela collectives and […]

#CommunityMedia

Black July: Against Racism, Militarization, and Apartheid [VIDEO]

By David Amen • Translation by Grant Brown • July 31, 2021

 Clique aqui para Português This English subtitled mini documentary is the latest contribution to our reporting project, “Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.” Follow our Rooting […]

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The Story of the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard, As It Marks One Year

By Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard • Translation by Eduardo Antunez Rolle, Grant Brown • July 20, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas, originally published in Fiocruz’s Radar Covid-19 in Favelas.  This month, the Covid-19 in Favelas Unified Dashboard, developed through 24 […]

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Rising Gas Prices Threaten Favelas With Return to Firewood: Organizers Seek to Guarantee Cooking Gas

By Beatriz Carvalho • Translation by Eduardo Antunez Rolle, Gabriela Buffon Vargas • July 8, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series on energy justice and efficiency in Rio’s favelas and on the coronavirus and its impacts on favelas. Brazil is experiencing a historic recession, exacerbated […]

Protest in Jacarezinho while the public hearing happened in the morning of May 7, the morning after Jacarezinho massacre
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Public Hearing on Confronting Poverty in Rio de Janeiro Identifies Actions to Combat Hunger

By Eduardo Antunez Rolle • May 17, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. On May 8, Rio de Janeiro State Deputy Renata Souza organized the public hearing, “Confronting Moderate and Extreme Poverty […]

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