Vila Autodromo is just one of many communities affected by evictions, police violence and human rights violations. And this in the name of major sporting events. One of the people affected who are fighting against this is Maria da Penha. She is only one of the few whose resistance has also been successful. The road was long and the price was high.
It is not surprising that the inhabitants of Rio speak of the "games of exclusion". The legacy of the 2016 Olympic Games will mean for them a militarized city marked by social exclusion. A week of action by grassroots organisations is intended to highlight the high social costs of the 2016 Olympic Games.
With the Children Win campaign, Terre des Hommes has been demanding for years that major sporting events should not have a negative impact on the inhabitants of the host cities. The worst fears have been confirmed for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Civil society is fighting back against these fears.
8 March 2016 was the annual International Women's Day. All over the world women drew attention to their disadvantage. So also in Brazil. The young people from our partner organisations were in the forefront of this event, opposing the prevailing machismo.
Annette Mokler, Programme Coordinator Brazil
About two weeks ago, the President of the Parliament, Eduardo Cunha, gave the green light: since then the impeachment proceedings against Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff have been underway. She is accused of violating tax laws and of presenting beautiful budget figures. Many observers consider the procedure to be a political manoeuvre by the opposition with the aim of deposing the president and her social policy. Civil society actors, such as our partner organisation Centro Sabiá, are lining up alongside the President.
Jonas Vollmer
Today the Citizens' Committee of Rio is publishing a report on the human rights situation in the run-up to the Olympic Games, which will be held in Rio next summer. The report, in which Terre des Hommes has collaborated, documents a series of serious human rights violations. "It is time for the International Olympic Committee to assume its responsibilities and act in accordance with the values set out in the Olympic Charter," said Ignacio Parker, Secretary General of the International Federation Terre des Hommes.
The legal concept of traditional peoples in Brazil has only been in existence since 2007, and the number of self-declared traditional peoples has increased dramatically since then. With this increase, unresolved questions become more urgent: When is a group considered a traditional people or community and who defines it? These questions will be the subject of this year's meeting "Round Table Brazil 2015" at the end of November.
Members of our partner organisation Centro Sabia from Brazil occupied the municipal administration of Campo Formoso until it committed itself to abide by national law in the future. Until then, local smallholders had been given too little consideration by law when buying food for the state school meals.
Invitation to "Round Table Brazil 2014 - Farewell to the compulsion to grow?
At this year's conference, speakers from Brazil and Germany will discuss questions about (post)growth in Brazil and Europe. What perspectives and ideas do Brazil's young people have?
The World Cup celebrations are over, the lights are off and the country is again facing the same problems as before the World Cup. Now, in the Brazilian election campaign, the population is back with a huge vote. In a broad-based referendum, almost 7.5 million people voted for fundamental political reforms. Our partner organisation Sabia was also present.
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