Clique aqui para Português On November 19, the 5th Hanging Garden Festival took place in Morro da Babilônia. The event, which has taken place over three editions in an area of the hill where the favela meets […]
Clique aqui para Português As part of a circuit of events celebrating Black Awareness Month, the book Women, Race and Class by American intellectual and feminist Angela Davis was launched at Livraria Blooks in Rio de […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the fourth in a five-part series titled Housing Policy Lessons from Rio’s Favelas. We hope this series will inform debates on housing and favela upgrading and that Rio’s new mayor, Marcelo […]
Clique aqui para Português Horto is a favela community in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro that has existed for over 200 years. The community, which was founded by former Botanical Gardens workers who […]
Clique aqui para Português “You aren’t from the favela. You’re from the world,” Iara Oliveira, founder of the Alfazendo NGO, tells her students. Alfazendo is an educational NGO based in the City of God favela in Rio […]