Spearheaded by housing advocate Guilherme Simões, efforts should combine urbanistic thinking with the life experiences of those on the outskirts of big cities.
Former president Dilma Rousseff, composer Leci Brandão, and congresswomen Simone Tebet, Marta Suplicy, Marina Silva and Benedita da Silva also received the trophy.
Brazil has increased the percentage of children and adolescents in school, but is yet to include at least 1.95 million people aged 4–17.