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Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro Expects to Finish Administering First Batch of Vaccines by Saturday

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Clau Guimarães • January 22, 2021

Clique aqui para Português Rio city government assures Family Health Clinics will receive shots. But will favelas be prioritized in the vaccination plan? On Wednesday, January 20, the Rio de Janeiro city government began immunizing […]

Artwork by Rodrigo Binarts
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Energy Insecurity in São Gonçalo’s Salgueiro Favela Complex [OPINION]

By Gabriel dos Santos Pereira Lima • Translation by Gianna Giordani • January 20, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article recounts the lived experience and reflections of a young resident of the Complexo do Salgueiro favelas in the municipality of São Gonçalo relaying the precariousness of energy supply in […]

#ParticipationWatch

Clandestine Electrical Connections in Favelas: Theft or Distributional Justice?

By Douglas Heliodoro • Translation by Gianna Giordani • January 13, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series about energy justice and efficiency in Rio’s favelas. In an article for the journal Energy Research & Social Science—which was the subject of a […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Brazil’s Black Coalition for Rights: A Pact Across the Brazilian Black Movement

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Mikayla Ribeiro • January 12, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a series of three on Brazil’s Black Coalition for Rights. “We are not born black, we become black. It is a hard, cruel understanding that […]

SOS Gramacho project. Photo by Daiana Contini.
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Sustainable Favelas’ 3rd Annual Meet-Up, Part 6: Solid Waste & Favela-University Manifesto

By Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Ikrom Alajoulin • December 29, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the sixth article in a series covering the events of the 3rd Annual Full-Network Meet-Up of the Sustainable Favela Network, which took place online on November 7, 2020.  The Sustainable […]

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In May 2010, Catalytic Communities launched what was originally Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (hence RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. This news site, RioOnWatch.org, grew into a much-needed and unique reference featuring favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio. With diverse and deeply interlinked articles by a mix of community reporters, resident opinions, solidarity reporters, international observers, and academic researchers, we work to engender a more accurate picture of favelas, their contributions to the city, and the potential of favela-led community development in Rio and around the world.

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