Radio and Women's Empowerment in Francophone West Africa

• Main Author: Heywood, Emma (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2024
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change
• Subjects: Media studies; Cultural studies; Gender studies: women; radio; Mali; Niger; women; gender; development; journalism; francophone; community media
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This open access book breaks new ground by examining the significant role played by radio in empowering women in three Francophone West African countries: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. It examines the representation and perception of key themes broadcast by radio and associated with women's empowerment in the three countries. Each chapter contextualises a specific topic in the country and then explores discrete aspects of radio's provision. The topics covered in the chapters are women's political engagement; women and finances; women and life within marriage; inheritance; women's involvement in radio structures; and radio, internally displaced women, and trauma. Given the social, economic and political vulnerability and deteriorating security situation of the three countries, this book provides a timely and meaningful contribution to acknowledging and understanding the vital role of radio in women's empowerment.