WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY:
NIGERIA

"...considering that not many women's groups have worked towards getting justice for women, the niger delta women should fight for their rights and seek compensation for atrocities committed against women through legal redress...

That we the womenn of the niger delta suffer more directly from the impact or oil exploration and exploitation as we do not have anywhere else to go but to stay put in the devastated environment and suffer the consequences of crude oil exploitation...

That these activities of the government and multinationals in the niger delta region led to the agitation of our youth, which resulted in militarisation of our region and violation of our rights by the killing of our people, maiming of our children and raping and harassing of our girls and women.

Communique of the Niger Delta Women Consultative Meeting, Banjul, Gambia, 7-12 August 2000