Archive for March 3rd, 2024

03/03/2024

From Gas to Ash: The Struggle of Nigerian Women Amidst Surging Cooking Gas Prices

Human Wrongs Watch

KWARA, Nigeria, Mar 1 2024 (IPS)* One sunny mid-morning in Omu-Aran village, a community in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, Iyabo Sunday sat beside a firewood stand observing her pot of beans with rice (a combination enjoyed by many in Nigeria).

Nigerian women returning from the forest with firewood. Credit: Peace Oladipo/IPS

Nigerian women returning from the forest with firewood. Credit: Peace Oladipo/IPS

The 52-year-old widow used her plastic dirt parker to fan the flames, occasionally blowing air through her mouth for speed and frantically shielding her face from the wisps of smoke that curled from the firewood.

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