São Paulo
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São Paulo is the capital of the São Paulo State, in Brazil. It has a population of 11,376,685 inhabitants and a density of 7,383 inhab./km2 (2010 data). Her surface is 1,522 km2. São Paulo is the most inhabited city of Brazil and the third in the American continent. Besides, it is one of the main corporate, financial and business centres of Latin America.Contact details
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São Paulo, Beacon against Structural Racism
The program addresses structural racism in Brazil and the importance of integrating Afro-Brazilians in education. The "São Paulo, Farol de Combate ao Racismo Estrutural" program promotes anti-racist education from childhood. [...]
CEU – Unified Education Centre
The CEUs are poles of community development that foster the education of the population and take on organisational functions and definition of the area in which they are located, while being used as spaces for social projects and actions of local interest. [...]
São Paulo Educating City
Informative brochure prepared by the Education Department (available in Portuguese only) [...]
There’s a Way Out Programme
The programme sets out to achieve financial independence for women who live in the city of São Paulo and who are experiencing situations of gender-based violence, supporting them to get a job that lets them become financially independent. [...]
Municipal Council of Immigrants: towards the effective participation of migrants and refugees
A consultative body seen as pioneering within Brazil, which aims to channel the voice of this community so that it can contribute to the development of municipal policies that promote and guarantee their rights. [...]
Public Veterinary Hospitals
An initiative to democratise access to veterinary care with the aim of ensuring the welfare of dogs and cats living in economically vulnerable households. [...]
São Paulo | Actions taken to tackle the coronavirus
Actions that the City of São Paulo is taking to tackle the Covid-19, such as the vaccination campaign, economic measures, policies to assist homeless people, public health measures, education, public transportation, etc, listed in reverse chronological order. [...]
Trans-citizenry
A social inclusion project addressed to transsexuals and transvestites in order to guarantee the dignity of this group of population, prioritising education as a tool of social transformation. [...]
Memory & Life
Through this initiative it is intended that the public cemeteries of Sao Paulo are perceived as open-air museums, places of learning that preserve part of the history and art of the city. [...]