According to a survey carried out by the South/Southwest Bahia Pastoral Land Commission (Comissão Pastoral da Terra: CPT), in December last year, when the state was affected by strong rains that led to historic floods, more than 100 families in the city of Itambé (in...
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In the name of unity and respect, inter-religious group offers symbolic embrace to the Ilê Axé Toalegi Worship House
“A moment that represents unity and respect.” This was how Mãe Rosa do Axé, Ialorixá of the Ilê Axé Toalegi Worship House, defined the symbolic embrace offered to this House on the morning of 15 September. Leaders from different religious faiths went to the House to...
National Cerrado Day: indigenous and traditional communities cry out for the Justice that springs from the Earth
On 10 July 2022, national and international states and companies were condemned by the National Campaign in Defence of the Cerrado (Campanha Nacional em Defesa do Cerrado) for the crimes of the Ecocide of the Cerrado and the Genocide of its peoples in a Session in...
Elections 2022: women’s organizations debate commitment to democracy and the anti-racist struggle
The forthcoming elections have highlighted the need to discuss social participation arenas and the agendas for the struggles of women, black people, original peoples, the LGBTQIA+ population, people with disabilities and, particularly this year, the defence of...
Project engages young people in discussions about Right to the City
The right to come and go is interdependent on access to other rights. When our right to move around fails, the barriers extend to all our other rights. Faced with so many challenges and the neglect of public transport, the Association of Youth, Culture and...
Favela Revela Project trains cultural agents in Salvador’s Subúrbio Ferroviário district
The richness and cultural vitality of Salvador’s Subúrbio Ferroviário district encouraged the Aldeia Tubarão Quilombo (Quilombo Aldeia Tubarão: QUIAL) to develop a training initiative for young people in the territory, focused on sustainability, art and...
3000 quilombolas gather at Aquilombar act in Brasilia for land titling, public policies and the end to violence in the countryside
The National Commission for the Coordination of Black Rural Quilombola Communities (Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas: CONAQ) called on the quilombola and non-quilombola population to join the AQUILOMBAR act, which took...
Comunica Grumap launches podcast in Black Women’s July
A podcast produced by and for black women, talking about good living, health, rights, the body and memory, the culture of childhood and other topics. This is Comunica Grumap, the podcast produced by the Women’s Group from Alto das Pombas (Grupo de Mulheres do...
FOSPA 2022: International Seminar “International Cooperation: challenges, impacts and trends” held in Belem on 28 july
The aim of the seminar was to reflect on the trends and challenges of international cooperation policies, taking account of the international and regional context based on a Human Rights approach, on the effects of official (inter-country) cooperation on Brazil’s...
FOSPA 2022: faith-based organizations, indigenous peoples and traditional populations discuss fundamentalism and religious racism in the amazon
The tenth edition (2022) of the Pan-Amazonian Social Forum (Fórum Social Pan-Amazônico: FOSPA) took place between 28 and 31 July in Belem. Approximately 5 thousand people gathered at the event, promoting dialogue between representatives of a range of movements and...