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[ December 23, 2025 ] Rio de Janeiro Designs First Plan for Social Interest Housing: Popular Council Launches Campaign to Ensure Plan Addresses Real Needs #GentrificationWatch
[ December 15, 2025 ] ‘To Lose Your Memory Is to Lose Your Essence’: Vidigal Celebrates Its 85th Anniversary With Cultural Event Inspired by the ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Project *Highlight
[ December 12, 2025 ] Brazil’s First National Meeting of Community Architecture Highlights Women’s Leadership and the Power of Self-Built Architecture in Achieving the Right to Housing and to the City #InterventionWatch
[ December 10, 2025 ] Youth at the Center of Climate Decisions: During COP30, Children’s Summit Highlights ‘It’s Children Who Feel It Most!’ *Highlight
[ December 5, 2025 ] ‘Favela-based Media Are a Pillar of Democracy’: In Rocinha, Climate Justice Takes Center Stage at the 3rd Conference on Favela and Peripheral Journalism #MediaWatch

Solutions From the Favelas: How Residents Are Acting, Demanding Action Ahead of Covid-19

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Edmund Ruge • April 2, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the seventh article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable future: the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. This article is […]

Without Reliable Running Water, Favela Residents Push for Right to Wash Hands Amid Pandemic

By Edmund Ruge • April 1, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the sixth article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable future: the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. Amid the global […]

Looking to Help Rio Favelas Mitigate the Effects of Covid-19? Here’s an Extensive List of Community Campaigns

By CatComm Team, Cormac Whitney Low • March 29, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable future: the new coronavirus as it impacts Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. We recommend also […]

‘We’re Excluded’: Coronavirus Prevention Tips ‘Forget’ Favelas Lacking Basic Sanitation

By Lola Ferreira • Translation by Elfie Lawson • March 24, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Lola Ferreira published in Uol Notícias click here. This is the third article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the […]

Why Coronavirus Could Affect the Favelas and How to Prepare

By Michel Silva • Translation by Cormac Whitney Low • March 19, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Michel Silva published in Favela em Pauta click here. This is the first article in what will be a spotlighted issue on RioOnWatch for the foreseeable […]