Carolina Ferro
I am a human rights researcher, consultant, and activist with over ten years of experience in academic research, advocacy and policy influencing for social change, and management of nonprofit organizations. My Ph.D. is in Political Science, researching participatory democracy, inequalities, social policies, human rights, and social movements. I am currently a consultant and director at Enabling Digital Rights and Governance, working on digital technologies, governance, and human rights. I have significant experience in consulting, networking, advocating for social policies with Executive, Legislative and Judicial bodies, and training and counseling of social movements and NGOs. Vast international experience obtained in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, India, Spain, France, Canada, the USA, and Estonia. Highly adaptable to new environments and social scenarios.
Address: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Address: Sao Paulo, Brazil
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issue paper, we discuss the risks to privacy and personal data, particularly adapted to the context of social protection systems in lowand middle-income countries. We argue that if the necessary safeguards are put in place there is no contradiction between the right
to privacy and providing effective social protection systems. However, social protection authorities and practitioners around the
world may face challenges in complying with national and international data protection and privacy standards and legal frameworks.
Consequently, social protection authorities and practitioners need special attention and support.
efforts intended to shape digitalization processes. The EU examples discussed include the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), the automobile (software) emissions scandal, the global multistakeholder internet governance model, and the EU Commission’s pending platform-regulation proposal.
Prepared by the team of the Project "Informal Work and Right to the City" of the Gaspar Garcia Center for Human Rights, with the support of the European Union and Christian Aid, this dossier aims to contribute to denounce violations of the rights of street vendors and domiciles migrant workers. It seeks to support and strengthen the organization of vulnerable workers. Basic text: Juliana Lemes Avanci and Luciana Itikawa. Collaboration: Benedito Roberto Barbosa, Luiz Kohara, Maria Carolina T. Ferro and Renê Ivo Gonçalvez.
Thesis Chapters by Carolina Ferro
In my master research, the subject of social participation in public policy is faced from its challenges, scope and limitations. As empirical reference we have the construction of the National Policy for Homeless Street Population, which occurred in Brazil between 2005 and 2009. This is an unprecedented experience in which the Brazilian state recognizes for the first time, nationwide, the homeless street population as target of its social care policies. To analyze the progress and limitations of civil society participation process in the construction of the National Policy, we proposed some dimensions of analysis: i) the political-governmental will and commitment, and the consistency and contradictions generated by implementing the democratic-participatory project; ii) the major challenges faced by civil society when participating and the changes caused by institutional participation; and iii) the major results of the participatory process in terms of different variables.
segunda visa interpelar como sujeitos pertencentes aos setores populares superam as barreiras impostas pela realidade que tornam sua participação improvável, e constroem trajetórias de desvio ao padrão esperado. A terceira busca analisar como, no plano subjetivo, a participação em movimentos populares contesta desigualdades. Por fim, cabe mencionar que, como referente empírico, a pesquisa analisou a trajetória de vida de lideranças de movimentos de moradia de São Paulo, fazendo uso do método história de vida. ///
My doctoral thesis seeks to meet the challenge of connecting in the academic debate the discussion about the inequalities prevailing in the Brazilian reality and political participation, with a specific focus on the popular sectors. I emphasize the subjective dimension of the impact of inequalities. My argument is that the social humiliation experienced daily by the poor conforms subaltern subjectivities for which political agency does not seem to be a possible condition: it is not given and needs to be constructed. Therefore, I call the political participation of the popular sectors as "improbable". Throughout this work, the process of activist engagement in the collective struggle, specifically in the popular movement, is analyzed as a vehicle for overcoming the barriers of participation of the poor. Finally, once the activist engagement occurs, the impacts of such participation on inequalities are analyzed.
Books by Carolina Ferro
issue paper, we discuss the risks to privacy and personal data, particularly adapted to the context of social protection systems in lowand middle-income countries. We argue that if the necessary safeguards are put in place there is no contradiction between the right
to privacy and providing effective social protection systems. However, social protection authorities and practitioners around the
world may face challenges in complying with national and international data protection and privacy standards and legal frameworks.
Consequently, social protection authorities and practitioners need special attention and support.
efforts intended to shape digitalization processes. The EU examples discussed include the German Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), the automobile (software) emissions scandal, the global multistakeholder internet governance model, and the EU Commission’s pending platform-regulation proposal.
Prepared by the team of the Project "Informal Work and Right to the City" of the Gaspar Garcia Center for Human Rights, with the support of the European Union and Christian Aid, this dossier aims to contribute to denounce violations of the rights of street vendors and domiciles migrant workers. It seeks to support and strengthen the organization of vulnerable workers. Basic text: Juliana Lemes Avanci and Luciana Itikawa. Collaboration: Benedito Roberto Barbosa, Luiz Kohara, Maria Carolina T. Ferro and Renê Ivo Gonçalvez.
In my master research, the subject of social participation in public policy is faced from its challenges, scope and limitations. As empirical reference we have the construction of the National Policy for Homeless Street Population, which occurred in Brazil between 2005 and 2009. This is an unprecedented experience in which the Brazilian state recognizes for the first time, nationwide, the homeless street population as target of its social care policies. To analyze the progress and limitations of civil society participation process in the construction of the National Policy, we proposed some dimensions of analysis: i) the political-governmental will and commitment, and the consistency and contradictions generated by implementing the democratic-participatory project; ii) the major challenges faced by civil society when participating and the changes caused by institutional participation; and iii) the major results of the participatory process in terms of different variables.
segunda visa interpelar como sujeitos pertencentes aos setores populares superam as barreiras impostas pela realidade que tornam sua participação improvável, e constroem trajetórias de desvio ao padrão esperado. A terceira busca analisar como, no plano subjetivo, a participação em movimentos populares contesta desigualdades. Por fim, cabe mencionar que, como referente empírico, a pesquisa analisou a trajetória de vida de lideranças de movimentos de moradia de São Paulo, fazendo uso do método história de vida. ///
My doctoral thesis seeks to meet the challenge of connecting in the academic debate the discussion about the inequalities prevailing in the Brazilian reality and political participation, with a specific focus on the popular sectors. I emphasize the subjective dimension of the impact of inequalities. My argument is that the social humiliation experienced daily by the poor conforms subaltern subjectivities for which political agency does not seem to be a possible condition: it is not given and needs to be constructed. Therefore, I call the political participation of the popular sectors as "improbable". Throughout this work, the process of activist engagement in the collective struggle, specifically in the popular movement, is analyzed as a vehicle for overcoming the barriers of participation of the poor. Finally, once the activist engagement occurs, the impacts of such participation on inequalities are analyzed.
In the seventh chapter, Francisco Comaru, Luiz Kohara and Maria Carolina Ferro start by considering that the historical and current model of social housing production in Brazilian metropolises is based on a triple condition: mass production, peripheral location and individual private property. Based on the challenges identified by the low-income population for access to decent housing, it helps to reflect on alternative forms of access and production of social interest habitats under different logics than those indicated above. Specifically, it discusses the experience called social housing or social housing, in which the property of the property is public and pursues the production of habitat in regions with consolidated infrastructure. In this direction, experiences are described in Europe and in the city of Sao Paulo. Finally, the chapter attempts to open the debate on the viability of private individual property as an exclusive response to the problem of popular housing and highlights its limits to guarantee the right to the city in the Brazilian metropolises.
This booklet is the result of the Project called "Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening for Street Population", an agreement signed between the UNESCO representation in Brazil, the Pólis Institute and the Ministry of Social Development, aiming at strengthening the National Movement of Street Population (MNPR) in eight Brazilian state capitals. It aims at political formation and support in the organization of street people.