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  • [ April 21, 2026 ] New ‘Water Watch Platform’ Enables Monitoring and Public Participation in Health and Sanitation in the State of Rio de Janeiro by Community Contributors
  • [ April 14, 2026 ] ‘If the Baixada Doesn’t Plant, Rio de Janeiro Doesn’t Eat’: Second Magé Climate Forum Puts Regional Food Sovereignty at the Center *Highlight
  • [ April 10, 2026 ] There’s Blood in the Palmeiras Favela: The Cry for Help Police Chose Not to Hear in São Gonçalo’s Salgueiro Favela Complex #UPPWatch
  • [ April 8, 2026 ] ‘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 *Highlight
  • [ April 2, 2026 ] ‘International Favelas Conference’ Promotes a (dis)Integrated City: From Erasing Favela Residents to Global Marketing [OPINION] #ParticipationWatch

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On Children’s Day, Complexo do Viradouro Suffers Police Abuse

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Catherine Osborn • October 16, 2020

Clique aqui para Português On October 12, a Children’s Day party and feijoada feast organized by a samba school from the community of Complexo do Viradouro were occurring in the plaza of the group of […]

*Highlight

A Pyramidal Approach to Upgrading Rio’s Favelas, Part 4: Political Will, Social Capital and Sustainability

By Natalia Meléndez Fuentes • October 12, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is the fourth article in a six-part series on the application of Meléndez’s Pyramid for Favela Upgrading to the city of Rio de Janeiro and its favelas. This pyramidal concept […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Quilombo Leaders Reflect on Fights for Land Tenure and Against Exclusion During Pandemic [VIDEO]

By Gianna Giordani • October 9, 2020

Clique aqui para Português Kickstarting UN-Habitat’s 2020 Urban Circuit on October 5, World Habitat Day, Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN)* hosted the livestreamed panel discussion and teach-in “How Are Rio’s Quilombos Doing During the […]

*Highlight

Waste Pickers Hold Protest Calling for Rio’s Law on Recyclables to be Applied

By Daniel Silveira, Larissa Schmidt • Translation by Constance Malleret • October 7, 2020

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Daniel Silveira and Larissa Schmidt in G1, click here.  A group of collectors of recyclable waste realized a protest in front of the headquarters of Rio’s State […]

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*Highlight

Solidarity and Joint Struggle from Nairobi to Rio, Where the Police Kill [VIDEO]

By Chloe Villalobos, Tatiana Lima • Translation by Constance Malleret • October 5, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. Around 2.5 million people live in favelas in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya in Africa, and 1.4 million in […]

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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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