Emem Okon from the Niger Delta - Bluestockings

This talk was filmed at an event on March 27th, 2011 at Bluestockings, called "Independent Media, Technology, and Self-Determination Struggles in Nigeria." Emem Okon (bio follows) of Kebetkache, a women's organization in the Niger Delta, speaks to the role of communications technology in struggles against political corruption and oil exploitation in Nigeria. She also discusses the participation of Niger Delta women in the Indymedia Convergence in Dakar, February 2011. Introduction by Nicole Hummel from Deep Dish TV.

Ms Emem J. Okon is the founder and Executive Director of Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre. She is a women's rights activist and advocate from the oil impacted Niger Delta region of Nigeria. She is a trainer, researcher and campaigner against all forms of violence directed at women and the environment. She is currently undertaking a research into impact of militarism on women in the Niger Delta, a component of the Strengthening Women's Activism against Conflict and Militarism in the West African sub-region. She has coordinated many networks and coalitions including Gender and Constitution Reform Network (GECORN) south-south zone; National Coalition on Affirmative Action (NCAA) Rivers (2004-2010) among others.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Emem Okon
• Kebetkache
• Niger Delta
• Bluestockings
• Indymedia
• Dakar
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• corruption
• Nicole Hummel
• militarism
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