“…Its expansion, however, came at the expense of the hyper-vulnerabilisation of favela women. Following the deleterious trend that it is women who mostly engage in care activities and policies (Hirata and Kergoat, 2007;Biroli, 2018), they are 546 out of 658 street presidents (more than 80%), which points both to female protagonism in struggles for rights (and consequent female hyper-vulnerabilisation) and to the 'feminisation' of power in micro-territories (Nunes, 2021). 10 Although barely visible, of low quality and inaccessible, residents of Paraisópolis were able to count on some State infrastructure, often located outside the favela, such as public hospitals, universal distribution of vaccines, and emergency aid of around 80U$/ month, in addition to private donations.…”