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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 radiös 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.