Eliana Sousa Silva received, in 2022, the "Medalha Tiradentes", the greatest honor from Rio de Janeiro's parliament
Award in the "Outstanding" category for the work of the Right to Public Security and Access to Justice axis
Selected by Malala Fund to integrate the Education Activists Network
Award in the "Post-pandemic Legacy" category for the campaign 'Maré says NO to Coronavírus'
Best NGOs Award 2019, chosen as one of the 100 best Brazilian NGOs
Itaú Social label of "Good Institutional Development Practices"
Maré is the largest group of favelas in Rio de Janeiro, where more than 140,000 people live in 16 communities spread over 4km². It is greater than 96% of municipalities in Brazil (according to data from the Census Maré, 2013). Like many peripheral territories, Maré has challenges the size of a city, especially in regard to basic rights, such as access to water and sanitation, education, health, public security and culture.
In order to overcome inequalities and the various forms of violence present in the territory and guarantee a better quality of life for residents, Redes da Maré works on a social agenda focused on the structuring themes above, through axes of work and carrying out projects, actions and campaigns.
The work is always done through the mobilization, listening and participation of the population, producing knowledge and proposing actions that allow the systematic monitoring of changes in favor of significant and concrete improvements in the quality of life for residents.
• Mobilization of residents and strengthening of local actors, such as the 16 Residents' Associations and different leaders from historic struggles of Maré
• Networking and partnerships with different public and private organizations operating in the region
• Incidence on public policies, systematization and dissemination of knowledge produced in order to achieve, in the medium and long term, the realization of rights in all the favelas of Maré
• Diagnosis and production of knowledge about the region
The organization´s work is done from the direct service to the local population, which takes place in the following facilities within Maré: headquarters of Redes da Maré in Nova Holanda, Normal Space, Maré Arts Center, Lima Barreto Library, Black House and Technological Innovation Shed of Maré (Ritma), all located in Nova Holanda; Redes da Maré headquarters in Vila dos Pinheiros, Herbert Vianna Cultural Canvas, in Nova Maré, and the House of Women of Maré, in Parque União.
This set of facilities allows the development of actions that materialize projects and programs, creating spaces of opportunities to express potential and develop experiences of residents, realizing dreams in projects, paths and individual stories.
They are spaces for interaction, exchange of experiences, production of knowledge and where the daily work that sustains the project of a more just, solidary and equal society for all people is built.
• Certificate of Qualification as a Civil Society Organization of Public Interest - OSCIP | Dispatch of the National Secretary of Justice, 12/13/2007
• Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents of Rio de Janeiro - REGISTRATION Nº 38/2009
• Municipal Public Utility Title | Municipal Law No. 5,152, 04/30/2010
• Municipal Social Assistance Council - REGISTRATION No. 931/2012
• Rio de Janeiro State Youth Council | Rights Counselor - 2019-2022 terms
• Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents - CMDCA-RJ | Rights Counselor - 2011-2013 mandate; 2013-2015; 2017-2019; 2020-2022
• Council on Women's Rights of the City of Rio de Janeiro (CODIM-Rio) | Rights Counselor - 2019-2023 term
• State Council for Human Rights of Rio de Janeiro | Rights Counselor - 2020-2024 term
• State Council for Public Security of Rio de Janeiro 2013-2015| Rights Counselor - 2013-2015 term; 2015-2017
• National Council for Public Security | Rights Counselor - 2010-2016 term.
• Member of the Forum Enough of Violence! Another Maré is possible… (created within the scope of the Public Security and Access to Justice Axis, of Redes da Maré)
https://www.redesdamare.org.br/br/info/21/forum-basta-de-violencia-outra-mare-e-possivel
• Member of FOPIR (Permanent Forum for Racial Equality) (http://fopir.org.br/participantes)
• Member of the Maré Forum on Drug Policies (created within the scope of the Socio-environmental and Urban Rights Axis, of Redes da Maré)
• Member of the Forum of Residents' Associations of the Favelas of Maré (created within the scope of the Socio-environmental and Urban Rights Axis, of Redes da Maré)
• Member of the State Forum on Homeless People
• ABONG - Brazilian Association of Non-Governmental Organizations - 2019 (https://abong.org.br/associadas/)
• Brazilian Drug Policy Platform (http://pbpd.org.br/membros/)
• Casa Fluminense Network (http://casafluminense.org.br/a-casa/#rede)
• Philanthropy Network for Social Justice (https://redefilantropia.org.br/)
• National Early Childhood Network (http://primeirainfancia.org.br/quem-somos/)
• National Committee for the Prevention and Combat of Torture (CNPCT) | July 2014 to July 2016
• Member of the Civil Society Advisory Group for UN Women Brazil, 2017 - 2019 (http://www.onumulheres.org.br/gasc-2017/)
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