As the world commemorates the 2019 International Women’s Day, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has said tobacco menace is the number one militating factor to women reaching their full potentials in life, saying it supports tobacco control efforts that will address the growing number of young women getting addicted to tobacco and its debilitating impact on their health and progress in life.
AWWASHNet, in a statement issued in Lagos, said commodification of water is the singular most subtle way of disenfranchising women of their right to life and predisposes those who cannot afford costs associated with rate hikes that come with privatisation to unhygienic conditions and ill-health. She added: “In policy formulation, especially as it concerns a lifesaver and sustainer that water represents, we expect government to take into consideration the importance of gender-specifics. Women should be involved and consulted.