Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a four-part series highlighting research that demonstrates the unequal geographic distribution of violence against women in the context of pre-Olympic evictions in the city of […]
Clique aqui para Português On January 4, O Globo reported on the assertion by state representative Rodrigo Amorim (of the far-right Brazilian Social Liberal Party–PSL) that Aldeia Maracanã—an urban indigenous community (aldeia means “village”) in Rio de Janeiro—is […]
How should policymakers view the role of favelas in urban development? What policies can they enact to improve them? These are the core research questions for Alexander Monge-Naranjo, Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira, and Luciene Torres de […]
Clique aqui para Português Earlier this year, the Rio de Janeiro City Council passed Law 6.334/2018 prohibiting the installation of public utility Light’s new model of electric meters, also retroactively requiring the company to remove all models […]
Clique aqui para Português In Rio de Janeiro, from August 23 to 27, 2018, Catalytic Communities* (CatComm) organized a series of workshops on Community Land Trusts (CLTs), together with a special delegation from the Caño Martín Peña CLT based in San […]