Radio as an empowering environment: how does radio broadcasting in Mali represent women’s “web of relations”?

Does radio programming by Studio Tamani in Mali create an empowering environment for women’s voices? Contributing to existing theoretical discussions on and empowerment, this article examines the need discuss empowerment not from perspective of women as individuals, but “webs relations”, thus allowing intersubjectivity evolving relationships with others be considered. “Webs relations” refers broader societal, institutional, structural inequalities injustices that face their everyday lives which shape agency decision-making power. To achieve aim, draws two rounds focus group (FGDs) conducted 2019–2020 content analyses a series women-related programmes broadcast Tamani, studio created Swiss-based media organisation Fondation Hirondelle. It suggests plurivocality Malian women, diverse heterogenous group, must reflected debates issues order reflect “web delimit empowerment.