Radio and Women's Empowerment in Francophone West Africa.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change Series
• Author: Heywood, Emma.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave studies in communication for social change.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (247 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Section One: The Role of Radio -- Radio -- Radio in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso -- Radio in Mali -- Radio in Niger -- Radio in Burkina Faso -- Studio Tamani, Studio Kalangou, and Studio Yafa -- Studio Tamani -- Studio Kalangou -- Studio Yafa -- Section Two: Understanding Empowerment -- Development Discourse -- International Agreements -- African Feminist Discourse -- Women in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso -- Marriage -- Polygamy -- Violence and Control -- Education -- Institutional Discrimination -- Enabling Environment and Enabling Factors -- Section Three: Approach to the Book -- Methodological Approach -- Book Layout -- References -- Chapter 2: Radio, Women, and Politics -- Introduction -- Context -- Women and Politics -- The Context in Mali -- The Context in Niger -- The Radio Studios' Provision -- Studio Kalangou's Provision and Format Decisions -- Studio Tamani's Provision and Format Decisions -- Magazines/Portraits -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Radio, Women, and Finances -- Introduction -- Context -- Women, Small Businesses, and Autonomy -- Start-Up Funds: A Route to Empowerment -- Challenging the Status Quo -- Income as a Disempowering Force -- 'The Dead Are Better Off Than Us' -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Radio, Women, and Life Within Marriage -- Introduction -- Hegemonic Masculinities and Women's Empowerment -- Radio Output and Audience Reception -- Listeners' Conception of Empowerment Within Marriage -- Whose Voice? -- Témoignages: A Radio Tool to Promote Message Retention -- Asymmetry Within Marriage and Passive Empowerment -- Radio and the Elephant in the Room -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Radio, Women, and Inheritance -- Introduction.

Women as Individuals or Within a 'Web of Relations' -- Mali Context -- Land Laws -- Audience Perceptions -- Studio Tamani's Representations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: 'We're More Than Just a Radio': Radio Scout and Its Women's Listening Associations -- Introduction -- Participation, Listening Associations, and Women's Empowerment -- The Role of Community Radio -- What Are Listening Associations? -- Radio Scout and Its Women's Listening Associations -- The Need for a Leader -- Structural Participation and Membership -- Collective Power or 'Power with' -- Decision-Makers and Relational Changes -- Inclusion -- Content-Related Participation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Radio, Women IDPs, and Women Journalists -- Introduction -- Context -- An Empowering Structure? -- The Programmes -- Empowering Recruitment -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Perceptions of Female Dis/Empowerment by Listeners, Radio, International Development Organisations, and Local Associations and Alignment of Radio's Empowerment Discourse with Those of Audiences, Organisations, Feminist Theories -- The Radio Studios' Support and Promotion of Women's Empowerment in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso -- Radio's Approach to Specific Issues Relating to Women's Empowerment and Audience Responses -- Could Radio Do More to Promote Women's Empowerment or, Rather, Not Promote Social Norms That Disempower Women? -- References -- Index.