Participatory video recordings with women in the Niger Delta 2018-2019

A 30 minute film that highlights the comparative role of women in conflict settings; the film was put together using interview data with women participants in various locations in Bayelsa and Rivers states, including sights and sounds of the area.

Conflicts in the Niger Delta have reached a political brink that has attracted significant concerns and responsiveness at both local and international levels. Women in the Niger Delta have played a key role in organising important protests and are referred to continuously in relation to the adoption of nonviolence. Grievances expressed by women in the Delta region are typically concerned with environmental degradation and underdevelopment. Ogoni women, for example, have experienced, first-hand, the violent reprisals instigated by the Nigerian security forces. Yet, the women's' voices within the context of the nonviolent aspect of the conflict are absent in the literature. This project addresses two questions: What are the conflict related experiences of the Ijaw and Ogoni women? What future roles could the women in the Niger Delta play to advance the nonviolence agenda? It highlights the comparative roles of the women in conflict settings. The roles played by women to address oil-related environmental issues need to be brought at the fore of discussions on development in the region. Specifically, these gendered implications are important for development particularly in explaining the 'how' and 'why' within the differing trajectories of the movements in the oil producing areas of Nigeria.

一部时长30分钟的影片，着重展现了女性在冲突环境中的比较作用；该影片通过在贝耶尔萨州和河流州等地对女性参与者的访谈数据整理而成，其中包括了该地区的景象与声音。尼日尔三角洲的冲突已达到政治边缘，引起了当地和国际社会的高度关注和响应。尼日尔三角洲的女性在组织重要抗议活动中发挥了关键作用，她们与和平主义的采用持续被提及。在三角洲地区，女性所表达的不满通常与环境污染和不发达有关。例如，奥贡尼女性亲身体验了由尼日利亚安全部队引发的暴力报复。然而，在冲突的非暴力方面，女性的声音在文献中却鲜有体现。本项目旨在探讨两个问题：伊贾和奥贡尼女性的冲突相关经历是什么？尼日尔三角洲的女性在未来可以扮演何种角色以推进和平主义议程？该影片突出了女性在冲突环境中的比较作用。女性在解决与石油相关的环境问题中所扮演的角色应成为该地区发展讨论的核心。具体而言，这些性别相关的意义对于发展尤为重要，尤其是在解释尼日利亚石油产区运动的不同轨迹中的‘如何’和‘为何’。