Events

This JustWaterFutures seminar brought together academics and civil society actors to reflect on the accelerating privatization of Brazil’s water and sanitation sector, examining its drivers, consequences, and the challenges it poses to the human right to water and sanitation. 

Organized in collaboration with ONDAS, the National Observatory on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation in Brazil, the event explored the historical and political context behind the current wave of privatizations, assess patterns of market concentration and financial flows, and considered ongoing struggles and possibilities for resistance. Speakers:

• Léo Heller, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
• Isadora Cruxên, Senior Lecturer in Business Politics and Development, Queen Mary University of London.
• Marcos Helano Fernandes Montenegro, Communications Director, ONDAS – National Observatory of the Rights to Water and Sanitation
• Edson Aparecido da Silva, Executive Secretary, ONDAS – National Observatory of the Rights to Water and Sanitation

Video English: youtu.be/YZaP-Tiv0EM 

Video Portuguese: youtu.be/ZB8zbqiQQLA