The digital economy has finally arrived.

Even before the tumultuous arrival of COVID-19, many parts of the world were suffering from dangerous polarization and division.

Robert Muggah (apparently an old Scottish name, though he is Canadian) has set up two think-tanks in Brazil, where he is based: the SecDev Group focuses on the digital economy and cybersecurity.

Ninguna ciudad se ha salvado de la propagación letal del COVID-19.

Related concern about state brutality also propels two expert advocates up the list: Ilona Szabó de Carvalho (5th), who set up the internationally-influential Igarapé Institute, which champions citizen-led security, and the American prison abolitionist

As we show in our new book Terra Incognita, COVID-19 is exacerbating multiple forms of inequality within and between countries and cities, and raising fundamental questions about the future of urban living.

Brazil, a country in the world’s top 10 in population and GDP, is in the midst of three destructive crises.

Welcome to the 2020 Virtual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development ‘Sustaining Peace in the Time of COVID-19’. The open session ‘Strategic Dialogue on Global Trends: Violence and the Coronavirus’, in partnership with the Global Registry of Violent Deaths (GReVD) Consortium.

A construção de uma cidade tem que ser justa para todos, e não para uma parte dela. A pandemia da Covid-19 aumentou ainda mais a desigualdade nas cidades.

During the first half of 2020 when more than two-thirds of the world’s population was in lockdown, many of us were transfixed by a map.

A segurança das populações mais vulneráveis, como idosos, deficientes e pessoas das periferias, também foi tema do evento. “A mobilidade tem de ser discutida no contexto de acesso efetivo.”

Eu trabalho com prevenção e redução da violência há quase duas décadas. De certa forma escolhi trabalhar no campo das políticas públicas, pois tinha muita dificuldade em lidar com a carga emocional e com o sentimento de impotência diante das perdas tão próximas que o trabalho de campo trazia a cada dia.

On July 7, Jair Bolsonaro, president of the world’s second hardest-hit country by COVID-19, announced he had tested positive for coronavirus and had mild symptoms. Shortly afterwards, he removed his mask to show everyone he was ok.

As consensus was finally achieved on July 7, a final draft of the UN-75 political declaration has been approved and is expected to be adopted by world leaders on Sept. 21 at United Nations headquarters through virtual means.

On multiple fronts, data-driven policymaking has informed and improved Latin America’s response to COVID-19 – from information about the availability of hospital beds and ventilators to economic measurements to help direct relief packages for businesses and workers.