Blog Series: Methodological engagements for understanding violence against women and girls in cities “My family is also from here, so my relationship with the territory is, I think, really historical, my grandmother came here very young, my mother too, so everything that I have today came from here” Katia, is a 25-years-old black, cis woman
Read More
Favela communities have been severely affected by the coronavirus crisis intensifying existing inequalities *by Cathy McIlwaine Not a day goes by without a news story about the catastrophe of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil as cases and deaths increase alarmingly and the severity of the political mishandling of the situation by President Jair Bolsonaro and
Read More
“It’s difficult to know what to say. I want to applaud the bravery, but that feels trite. This needs to be seen, to be heard, to be felt. Because, in a way, everyone needs to know this hurt, to feel this pain, until nobody does. I count my blessings that I have never suffered this
Read More