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Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 of a two-part article on the achievements of representation for Black Brazilian women at the 2024 Olympics. The Olympic achievements of Beatriz Souza, Rebeca Andrade, Ana Patrícia […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 1 of a two-part article on the achievements of representation for Black Brazilian women at the 2024 Olympics. The Olympic Games have a complicated and often harmful history […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the latest in a series of articles about Community Land Trust (CLT) experiences around the world. On June 18 and 20, 2024 the 4th Annual Favela Community Land Trust […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of profiles of initiatives in Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network. Initiative: Agroecological Providência (Providência Agroecológica) Contact: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Email | […]
Clique aqui para Português This article summarizes some of the findings from the ongoing doctoral study ‘Collective Ownership and Housing Self-Management in Latin America: Contemporary Challenges and Horizons,’ by Pedro Lima, advised by Professor Raquel […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original press release in Portuguese, published by Brazil’s census bureau, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), click here. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) is […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the final article in a series of three about how Brazil’s census bureau, IBGE, held an unprecedented week-long workshop to debate how to change the term “subnormal agglomeration” used […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a series of three about how Brazil’s census bureau, IBGE, held an unprecedented week-long workshop to debate how to change the term “subnormal agglomeration” used […]
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Clique aqui para Português This is the latest in a series of articles about Community Land Trust (CLT) experiences around the world. On June 18 and 20, 2024 the 4th Annual Favela Community Land Trust […]
Clique aqui para Português This article summarizes some of the findings from the ongoing doctoral study ‘Collective Ownership and Housing Self-Management in Latin America: Contemporary Challenges and Horizons,’ by Pedro Lima, advised by Professor Raquel […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, in […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 of a two-part article on the achievements of representation for Black Brazilian women at the 2024 Olympics. The Olympic achievements of Beatriz Souza, Rebeca Andrade, Ana Patrícia […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 1 of a two-part article on the achievements of representation for Black Brazilian women at the 2024 Olympics. The Olympic Games have a complicated and often harmful history […]
Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, July 27, the ninth edition of Black July took place over a traditional countryside breakfast at Raízes do Brasil, space of the Small Farmers’ Movement (MPA) in Santa Teresa, […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, in their […]
Clique aqui para Português On a sunny Saturday, June 29, Ilha do Governador (Governor’s Island) held its first LGBT+ Pride Parade at the foot of the Morro do Dendê favela, in Aterro do Cocotá, in the […]
Clique aqui para Português The 1st International Favelas’ Conference (IFC20) was held at the Central Única de Favelas (CUFA) headquarters in Complexo da Penha, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, on Monday, April […]
Watch the video that summarizes the Energy Justice and Efficiency Series with English subtitles here: Clique aqui para Português This article and the video above offer a summary and conclusion to the series ‘Energy […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series on energy justice and efficiency in Rio’s favelas. It is also the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, “Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing […]
Clique aqui para Português This English subtitled documentary is the latest contribution to our series on energy justice and efficiency in Rio’s favelas. It is also part of a series created in partnership with […]
Clique aqui para Português The Favela Climate Memory Exhibition, organized by museums and memory projects associated with the Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)*, is currently being shown as part of World Environment Month, at the Center […]
Clique aqui para Português From May 26-29, 2024, a delegation of 19 community organizers representing favelas across Rio de Janeiro with 1.2 million residents brought their demanda for clean and just energy to federal policymakers […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our award-winning reporting project, Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro. We hear about “right” and “left” all the time. […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is the latest contribution to our award-winning reporting project, Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro. This story, told by writer and former domestic worker […]
Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article in a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on climate impacts and affirmative action in […]