Narrative Change Around Disability & Climate Change: Insights and Recommendations from Stakeholders and Community Members in the Niger Delta

By Naomi Gupta

The NEW MEDIA ADVOCACY PROJECT (NMAP), in partnership with the Ford Foundation, undertook research to identify opportunities to create new narratives that shift attitudes and mindsets about the interconnection between climate activists and the disability rights movement in the Niger Delta. Their report, entitled Insights and Recommendations from Stakeholders and Community Members in the Niger Delta, summarizes their extensive research pertaining to disability rights and climate justice in the region. NMAP conducted this research in partnership with Niger Delta-based MAJI in the latter part of 2022 through to the Spring of 2023 in the Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, and Rivers states of the Niger Delta region. Research participants included persons with disabilities (PWDs) and those working for climate civil society organizations (CSOs), and MAJI conducted both focus groups and listening sessions with these groups to gain insight into their experiences.

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