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This Women’s Day, We Honor the Women Who Are Transforming Waste to Wonder in Rio Favelas

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Edmund Ruge • March 8, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the ninth article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights and environmental […]

*Highlight

The Urban Agroforestry Unfolding in Providência, Brazil’s First Favela

By Carla Souza • Translation by Cormac Whitney Low • February 28, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the eighth article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights and environmental […]

*Highlight

How Do We Postpone Armageddon with Environmental Ed? Roundtable Shares Solutions from Peripheries

By Nadine Terasa, Pauline Beaumont • February 3, 2020

This is the seventh article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights and environmental justice reporting from Rio […]

*Highlight

What Future is Rio de Janeiro Building with its Current Public Security Policies? [OPINION]

By Carla Souza • Translation by Ben Bildsten • December 10, 2019

Clique aqui para Português This is the sixth article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights and environment […]

*Highlight

Popular Collective Unites and Empowers Black Women in the Backyards of Bosque das Caboclas, Campo Grande [INTERVIEW]

By Carla Souza • Translation by Ben Bildsten • November 22, 2019

Clique aqui para Português This is the fifth article in a year-long partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University to produce a series of monthly favela-sourced human rights reporting from […]

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In May 2010, Catalytic Communities launched what was originally Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (hence RioOnWatch), a program to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead-up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. This news site, RioOnWatch.org, grew into a much-needed and unique reference featuring favela perspectives on the urban transformation of Rio. With diverse and deeply interlinked articles by a mix of community reporters, resident opinions, solidarity reporters, international observers, and academic researchers, we work to engender a more accurate picture of favelas, their contributions to the city, and the potential of favela-led community development in Rio and around the world.

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