SECTOR 2 granted one month of free printing for 15 titles and allocated logistical material (such as vehicles or also computers). The panel, finally, cites the Fund for the Support and Development of the Media (FSDP), which exemplifies direct government action in order to support the press. Unfortunately, 3 billion CFA (€4.6 million) that were announced in 2009, were cut as they were being allocated and the Fund’s budget for 2012 has reduced its support to 200 millions CFA (€305.000. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 4.1 (2009: 3.6) 2.7 All media fairly reflect the voices of both women and men. The panel stressed that Ivorian women were proportionally less represented in the media than men. For the panellists, this state of affairs is due to cultural barriers and the country’s social landscape but is not the result of the Ivorian media’s intentions. Their explanation points towards the weak representation of women in certain realms of society, such as politics and sport. The panellists meanwhile condemn the fact that women’s concerns were not more prominently tackled by the media and that their point of view was treated as if it was of secondary importance. One of the panellists saluted the fact that Radio ONUCI FM maintains a transmission schedule that is exclusively reserved to women but it would like to see more women featured in journalistic articles and reports. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER COTE D’IVOIRE 2012 87