COVID-19 from the Margins
The “COVID-19 from the margins” website is an initiative of researchers from the Big Data from the South Project. The website – which accepts texts in several languages – brings together publications that give visibility to the Global South's narratives about the pandemic.
Paraisópolis has better control of the pandemic than the municipality of São Paulo
Analysis carried out by Instituto Pólis, part of a study that indicates the territories most vulnerable to the disease, shows how the coping strategies implemented by the community of Paraisópolis were more effective in containing the impacts of the pandemic in the territory than those carried out in the municipality of São Paulo as a whole.
The favela is not at home office
Analysis published in DW presents the considerations of leaders of several favelas who point out the concerns with the increase in cases of Covid-19 in the communities added to the increase in hunger. These are reflections of the abyss that exists between the reality of these territories and what is observed by the government and society in general, […]
The effects on vulnerable social groups and territories of measures to combat the Covid-19 health crisis
In a technical note published by IPEA, Roberto Pires identifies the main effects of preventive measures for the most vulnerable groups and territories. The author states, however, that this is not an assessment of the measures themselves, but rather aims to understand limitations and adverse effects that are consequences of these measures to face the crisis.
The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on civil society organizations
In a note published by IPEA, Camila Escudero analyzes the impacts caused by the pandemic on the organization and performance of CSOs. The main objective is to point out alternatives and perspectives, contextualizing their situation from mappings and descriptions of the organizations' profiles.
Solidarity is fundamental, but it is not enough
In an analysis published in the UFRGS newspaper, Professor Marcelo Kunrath shows several civil society initiatives that are playing a fundamental role in the fight against COVID-19. However, he points out that, although commendable, these initiatives have a short term. He argues that governments need to assume, in fact, their role in this conjuncture by presenting more qualified public policies. […]
Causes to Watch in 2020
Consulting CAUSE Brasil prepared a report composed of themes that, according to the agency, will occupy even more space and importance in life in society, during and after the pandemic. There are 11 themes divided into thematic blocks. The document can be read in full at this link.
Outskirts and Favelas against the Coronavirus
The Bureau of Bureaucracy Studies (NEB-FGV EAESP) on urban inequality and solidarity networks in times of a pandemic, and especially how people in socially vulnerable situations are affected in different ways. The article, published in Estadão, can be read through the link.
Right to housing in Belo Horizonte
The professors and coordinators of the UFMG PRAXIS-EA group, Daniel Medeiros de Freitas and Denise Morado, synthesize and analyze the mobilizations on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte and the quest to demand responses from the state in the face of the pandemic. Find the article here.
In Santo André, residents use WhatsApp and videos to inform about Covid-19 in the favelas
The Communities Committee is a WhatsApp group that seeks to bring more information about the coronavirus to peripheral neighborhoods in the municipality of Santo André, in São Paulo. The initiative was created by the MDDF (Movimento de Defesa dos Favelados) with the aim of organizing a virtual network with residents and community leaders representing […]
