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Public Hearing Addresses Demolitions in Vidigal, Provides Few Answers to Residents

By Tara Nelson • December 12, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, December 5, the Rio de Janeiro City Council‘s Special Commission for the Right to Adequate Housing held a public hearing with residents of the South Zone favela of Vidigal, […]

#UPPWatch

Acts of Resistance, Part 3: Cases Involving Children and Youth in Rio

By Gizele Martins, Jessica Santos • Translation by Hannah Cavalcanti • October 27, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by the Institute of Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone (PACS) on Medium, click here. Reporting by Gizele Martins and Jessica Santos in partnership with the Brazilian Fund for Human […]

#HousingWatch

The City Shouts for Life! Rio Residents Take to Streets on World Homeless Day

By Tara Nelson • October 20, 2019

On Monday October 7, Rio de Janeiro residents, community leaders, and activists joined outside City Hall to demand their constitutional right to housing. Various movements—including Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (Homeless Workers’ Movement), Uniāo Nacional […]

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5th Sustainable Favela Network Exchange of 2019: Sustainable Drumming and Favela Green Roofs

By Sofia Bazin • Translation by Edmund Ruge • October 16, 2019

Clique aqui para Português The Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) is a project of Catalytic Communities (CatComm)* designed to build and reinforce solidarity networks, bring visibility and develop joint actions to support the expansion of community-based initiatives that strengthen environmental […]

#MonitoringCrivella

Rio de Janeiro’s Landslide Mitigation Tactics, Part 1: A Technical History and Overview

By Abby Hanna • October 15, 2019

Clique aqui para Português During the first few months of 2019, the city of Rio de Janeiro experienced two major rainfall events that led to a total of 17 deaths and left hundreds homeless. With […]

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