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Fifty Years Fighting for Water Regularization in Rocinha

By Michel Silva • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • October 28, 2014

Clique aqui para Português For the original by Michel Silva in Portuguese, published in Fala Roça, click here. Access to clean water and sanitation is an essential human right, acknowledged most recently and thoroughly in a United Nations Resolution in […]

Eighth Anniversary of Brazil’s Law to Protect Women from Domestic Violence

By Viva Favela • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • September 5, 2014

For the original by Deborah Athila in Portuguese, published in Viva Favela, click here. Eight years ago, the fight against domestic violence gained a new ally: the Maria da Penha law. The law was seen as a […]