Rocinha is the largest hill favela in Rio de Janeiro (as well as in Brazil and the second largest slum and shanty town in Latin America). Although Favelas are found in urban areas throughout Brazil, many of the more famous ones exist in Rio.

2014年7月21日 · Amnesty International, in partnership with local civil based organisations, have been working closely with a group of women in the favelas during the last year.

2020年5月1日 · São Paulo’s favelas are running out of food. These women are stepping in. COVID-19 is worsening hardship in Brazil's working-class settlements, so this group is giving out 6,000 free meals a...

The action of the women of Rio de Janeiro s favelas to avoid, prevent, counter, and denounce police violence, both infrapolitically and in the public transcript, are associated with the rise of a political consciousness that is gendered and racialized in the context of

The way small acts of daily resistance are woven within favelas shows the fundamental role of women in everyday life in contexts marked by inequalities and a history of state negligence, as is the case of many favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

2022年6月7日 · The political unrest created tensions between social classes, ultimately leading to a new division of society called slums. In Rio de Janeiro, these slums grew in size and in number and began as settlements for internal migrants in addition to itinerant laborers.

2025年2月5日 · It is here that the Brazilian prima ballerina, Dora Andrade, has set up her School of Dance and Social Integration for Children and Adolescents (Edisca), which enables girls from the favelas, or slums, to not just get a formal education and learn dance but also to learn important social skills.

2020年5月27日 · Professor Cathy McIlwaine explores how the women of the city’s ‘slums’ are picking up the slack in an effort to support and protect their communities. In Rio de Janeiro, the historical and extreme marginalisation of around 1.5 million people who live in the city’s favelas (or slum communities) worsens.

2024年5月18日 · One of its residents, 15-year-old soccer player Kaylane Alves dos Santos, hopes her powerful shots and impressive dribbles will allow her to cover that short distance from slum to stadium in...

5 天之前 · Specifically, it seeks to understand the socio-spatial implications of these intersecting processes for favelas and their inhabitants, with a focus on black women who are disproportionately affected by such policies. To achieve this, the study draws on 10 months of fieldwork conducted in 2016 and 2017 in six favelas across Rio de Janeiro.