Expanding Agency for People with Disabilities in Brazil Institutions

Expand A girl with a disability in the walled yard of an institution for people with disabilities in Rio de Janeiro. © 2016 Human Rights Watch This week, Brazil’s Congress overturned a presidential veto and reinstated legislation expanding access to an important monthly social pension, the Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC). Guaranteed under Brazil’s constitution, the BPC is granted to persons with disabilities and older people who cannot support themselves independently or with assistance from their families and is equivalent to the federal monthly minimum wage. President Bolsonaro had…

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