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New ‘Water Watch Platform’ Enables Monitoring and Public Participation in Health and Sanitation in the State of Rio de Janeiro

Clique aqui para Português During the week marking World Water Day, the Water Watch Platform* was launched. The tool was created by the Popular Network for Sanitation and Health Monitoring of the Brazilian national health […]

‘While Water Is Scarce, Profits Abound!’ On World Water Day, Outraged Movements Demand Right to Water in Front of Águas do Rio, Rio de Janeiro’s Private Utility, and Call for Restatization

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • April 8, 2026

Clique aqui para Português On March 23, a day after World Water Day, an action organized by the Popular Network for Sanitation and Health Monitoring brought together civil society representatives and grassroots popular movements* to […]

‘When Man Wipes Out All the Rivers, He’ll See That You Can’t Eat Money.’ Heavily Polluted Waterways in Rio Favelas Paint a Picture of Persistent Neglect and Demise of Historic Fishing Community

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Staff • October 28, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the favelas […]

‘A Museology That Doesn’t Serve Life Serves No Purpose’: ‘Unconventional’ Favela Museums Lead First Seminar of Rio de Janeiro’s Social Museology Network

By Barbara Nascimento • Translation by Ujwala Murthy • June 5, 2025

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, May 16, Rio de Janeiro’s renowned Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (CCBB) hosted several institutions involved with museology—including community museums, memory collectives, and projects focused on social memory—alongside researchers, […]

The Story Behind Brazil’s First Favela Museum—The Maré Museum—Started With a Community Network and Oral Histories in the 1990s

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Vasti Cruz • May 24, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch‘s series on Memories of Favela Power, which documents and celebrates the history of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through narratives and reports from residents’ collective memory, […]