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Bangladesh

Jordan. Bangladesh. Guinée Conakry. Costa Rica.

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Bangladesh

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  1. Jordan Bangladesh Guinée Conakry Costa Rica

  2. Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, DemRep of Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan (south), Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

  3. 10 November, 2009 • 108 countries • 17,795 news items • 21,813 news personnel • 38,253 news subjects • 1,365 media

  4. Global: 24% Africa: 19%

  5. Globally and in Africa, females in the news are not portrayed in occupations outside the home in proportion to their true presence. In African news, men outnumber women in all occupational categories other than homemaker and unemployed

  6. global africa 20% of experts are female, compared to 17% five years ago. 2010: 20% 2005: 19%

  7. Global africa Females are 44% of persons providing popular opinion, compared to 34% five years ago. Females are 33% of persons providing popular opinion, compared to 38% five years ago.

  8. Global africa Women are central in 13% of news stories 10% in 2005 10% unchanged. Under 10% in stories on poverty, housing, social welfare, sports, human rights, development issues, legal and judicial system including family, property and inheritance law, education, labour and the rural economy.

  9. Global africa Female news subjects are almost twice as likely at 22% to be identified by age as male news subjects at 12% Female 16% identified by age, Male 8% Decreasing but still strong disparity in identification of news subject by physical attribute. 2005: Female 19%, male 5%

  10. global africa Almost twice as many female news subjects are identified by family status compared to male news subjects. Almost 3 times a likely to be identified by family status Female 11% Male 4% Disparity is decreasing. In 2005, women were almost 4 times as likely to be identified by family status: Female 19%; Male 5%

  11. global africa Only 6% of news stories mention or explore dimensions of gender (in)equality relevant to the story topic, compared to 4% five years ago. Only 5%, compared to 4% five years ago.

  12. global africa 6% of stories clearly challenge gender stereotypes, compared to 3% five years ago. 46% reinforce gender stereotypes. 5% of stories clearly challenge gender stereotypes. 3% in 2005. HIV and AIDS: 11% probably due to sustained efforts to bring gender sensitivity to reporting on this topic.

  13. In Africa 30% of stories are reported by female reporters compared to 28% five years ago. Globally, it is 37%, unchanged in the last five years.

  14. The marginalisation of women’s voices is increasingly recognised as a freedom of expression problem.

  15. Who makes the news? Global, Regional and National Reports Available for download at www.whomakesthenews.org gmmp@waccglobal.org

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