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The Resilience of Community-Led Housing During the Covid-19 Pandemic

By Maria Fernanda Godinho • Translation by Annie Swank • September 22, 2021

Clique aqui para Português In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the new coronavirus a pandemic. Staying at home, maintaining social distancing, and washing our hands frequently were some of the recommendations made to contain […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Brazil’s Black Population Demands to Live! Black Coalition Stages ‘May 13 of Struggles’ Protest

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Clau Guimarães • May 27, 2021

Clique aqui para Português Black Coalition for Rights organizes the “May 13 of Struggles” protest against black genocide and demands justice for the Jacarezinho massacre. Neither the rain or cold, nor the pandemic, kept people […]

#CoronavirusWatch

A Year Into the Pandemic, the Virus of Hunger Preys on the Favelas

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Carolyn Oliveira • March 27, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. A year into the Covid-19 pandemic, Brazil remains in economic and political crisis with no national vaccination plan, underreporting […]

The use of masks becomes obligatory in the 2020 ENEM
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The 2021 Brazilian College Entrance Exam Exposes Inequality and Setbacks in Education [OPINION]

By Humberto Salustriano • Translation by Pilar Boyero • February 17, 2021

Clique aqui para Português The administration of Brazil’s standard college entrance examination, the National High School Exam (ENEM), in January and February 2021, is the most explicit manifestation of what the dominant groups in Brazil […]

#CommunityMedia

Vaccines Begin Arriving in Rio Favelas, Producing Exaltation on Community Social Media

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Clau Guimarães • January 26, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. It is also part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and […]

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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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