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Environmental Justice and Women as Vulnerable Group: Advocating for the Environmental Rights of Women in The Niger Delta of Nigeria

The discovery of oil in commercial quantities in the Niger Delta region in the 1950’s ushered in a new era of revenue generation and brought hope of economic and infrastructural growth in the region for not only the government but also persons living within oil producing communities. Unfortunately, with the passing of time, the activities of multinational oil corporations in the Niger Delta region seem to have done more harm than good to residents in the region, with oil producing communities experiencing varying consequences arising from oil exploitation activities. Over the years’ studies ha…