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Bottom-Up Development Lessons from the Winners of the 2019 Community-Led Habitat Awards for Africa

By Rachel Mucha, Robin Hüppe, Sharonya Vadakattu • August 22, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Here on RioOnWatch, we often report on community-based solutions to housing and urban development in Rio. With this focus in mind, on occasion, we may publish articles such as this one, […]

by Community Contributors

Collectives Debate the Role of Women in Baixada Politics

By Thábara Garcia • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • July 24, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Saturday, July 13th, a roundtable titled “Women in Baixada Politics” took place at the headquarters of the State Union of Education Professionals (SEPE) in the city of Duque de Caxias, in […]

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Act Marks 2nd Anniversary of ‘Enough Violence! Another Maré is Possible,’ Demands Public Action

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Edmund Ruge • July 19, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, July 10, community residents and representatives from local organizations gathered in the Complexo da Maré favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone to recognize the two-year anniversary of the […]

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Reconnecting With Senses, Flavor, and Knowledge of Rio’s Serra da Misericórdia

By Abby Hanna • July 17, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, June 29, Verdejar, a socio-environmental organization located along the edge of the Complexo do Alemão favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, held an event to celebrate the environment […]

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Hunger Is a Feminine Noun, Part 3: In an Urban Quilombo, Women Dream of Returning to Planting

By Angelina Nunes • Translation by Desirée Poets • July 16, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Angelina Nunes published by Agência Pública click here for the series and here for the article. Photographs by Ana Lúcia Araújo. This is the third article […]

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