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 […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português This article introduces a series by guest researcher Jeffrey Omari,* on ICTs in Rio’s favelas. A resident of a North Zone favela told a story of how his landlord gave him notice to vacate […]
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, […]
Last Monday evening February 23, 800 people once again took to the streets to protest police violence in Complexo da Maré in a demonstration called Protest for Life in Complexo da Maré. The event began at 7 […]