PUBLICATIONS
UNDERSTANDING THE RIGHT TO SAY NO (R2SN)
The R2SN is FOR the rights of girls and women to be involved in decision-making about a project that will impact them the most. When communities and groups say NO to large-scale natural resource exploitation they are saying YES to a different idea about development. They are defending what they have and how they live – their land and history, the way they produce and exchange, their social life and community, and the nature upon which their life depends.
REPORT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT IN IBAA COMMUNITY
We evaluated samples of the water, soil, and outdoor air as well as socioeconomic and public health research to determine the effects of crude oil seepage from Shell's manifold - 8 trunk line on the local environment in the Ibaa neighborhood. Instead of using probability, sampling places were chosen by the people. However, samples were gathered from outside the region to encompass the entirety of the community for a more empirical study reference. The analysis of the samples of water, soil, and air found that all three contained hydrocarbons, indicating exposure to hydrocarbon pollutants.
The implementation of the National Gender Policy is crucial to the attainment of Nigeria’s development goals, medium and long-term strategic targets, and maintenance of regional and international commitments towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. The policy rationale and purpose seek to propel the historical and political movement for gender equality by providing a policy framework with professional analysis, implementation, and monitoring.
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The policy presents a rights-based approach to achieving gender equality, women empowerment, and social inclusion; and promotes programmes that must be developed against an understanding of international commitments, and constitutional agreements.
Land and land grabbing are top in the list of contentious issues that have gained popularity in Nigeria than any other country in Africa. This policy brief examined land grabbing and its impact on women’s livelihood in Rivers state. The study focuses on selected Local Government Areas and communities in Rivers state affected by land grabbing. The study is part of the ‘Forests for a Just Future’ programme of the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) project implemented by Women and Environment Program (WEP) and Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre.
The MGPI is designed as a participatory tool, such that the very process of its deployment itself becomes empowering for the targeted groups. As such it is best deployed through Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) with a wide range of representation of the diversity of the targeted group. Alternatively, it can also be deployed through the use of questionnaires directed at a random selection of a wide array of persons representative of the targeted group. However, this approach will require the use of technical experts, in particular statisticians, to help analyse the results of the questionnaire, thus making this approach less empowering for the people and targeted group.
Oil extraction in the Niger Delta, particularly in Otuabagi, has led to severe socio-environmental issues. Despite being the site of Nigeria's first commercial oil discovery, the community has seen little benefit from the oil wealth. Instead, they suffer from environmental degradation, poor compensation, and inadequate infrastructure.
This research was aimed at assessing the health impacts of oil extraction on the women of Otuabagi community, and the findings from this reasearch will support the community’s demands for environmental remediation and fair compensation for their loss of livelihoods.