Nigerian women have raised concerns over the devastating effects of flooding which ravaged the country last year, with a warning that unless measures were put in place to check the trend, the consequences would be disastrous.
“What this project will do specifically is to go to the grassroots to harvest the knowledge of the people, how they manage disaster and climate action in their community. Last year, Nigeria was faced with a flood disaster which killed many, left others homeless and made many IDPs in the country. This is why we are building an action plan against such occurrence again.”
She said, “We want the government to take action to prevent future occurrences. We are forming a feminist movement around climate change and economic justice. We are also advocating political will for the government to include women when they are giving humanitarian services to those affected by disasters. For example, when there is a flood, the first thing you see is blankets and mattresses. That is not enough to tackle economic justice around flood disasters.
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