AWE Media Sierra Leone

By: Mohamed Sahr The Ogoni, a minority group region situated in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have been disproportionately affected by the oil industry's activities which have polluted their land, water and air. However, the pollution has led to health problems such as respiratory diseases, cancer and birth defects. The crisis has also sparked social unrest and protests. On that point, this work focuses on the Ogoni women as a set of minority groups. Hence, the on-going oil pollution crisis is a tragedy that has left a severe toll on the women. For decades, oil companies have spilled millions of gallons of crude oil into the Ogoni environment, causing catastrophic damage. Women have been forced to live with contaminated water, toxic soil, air pollution, and they have been denied access to basic human rights such as health and well-being. Even their traditional way of life that is centred on farming and fishing has disappeared forever. Since then, the crisis has contin...